Posts Tagged ‘lasik’

LASIK: A Handbook for Optometrists (Paperback)

January 6th, 2010

LASIK: A Handbook for Optometrists

Book Description

The optometrist’s guide to all aspects of the client’s LASIK journey!

Product Description

Intensely practical and highly accessible, this essential handbook provides a key reference for any optometrist needing to give objective information to patients considering laser eye surgery. It follows a typical patient journey through the LASIK procedure and covers the normal outcomes as well as any complications. All aspects of the optometrist’s role are covered, from pre-selection, referral and data collection through to counselling, procedures and aftercare. If you want to give your patients an informed opinion about refractive surgery or are co-managing LASIK patients, you cannot be without this information. so that you can find the information instantly and at a glance when you are working in a busy clinic * Very synoptic but wide ranging in its contents from pre-selection through to post-operative management and referrals. * An essential (more…)

LASIK Complications: Trends and Techniques (Paperback)

January 5th, 2010

LASIK Complications: Trends and Techniques

Product Description

Look to the authority on LASIK complications for the latest developments involving this corrective procedure. LASIK Complications: Trends and Techniques, Third Edition thoroughly reviews preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative complications and the management of these complications. As with previous editions, LASIK Complications maintains the concise and practical format that makes it invaluable for the office and operating suite. By utilizing this approach, Drs. Howard V. Gimbel and Ellen E. Anderson Penno clearly explain the most popular surgical procedures available to LASIK surgeons and successful strategies used by expert surgeons. Informative tables and a comprehensive index are provided for easy navigation and understanding of various complications. New to this third edition are the popular topics of wavefront mapping, custom ablation, LASEK, and ultrafast lasers in refractive surgery. Articles from experts complement information on (more…)

Step by Step LASIK Surgery (Kindle Edition)

January 3rd, 2010

Step by Step LASIK Surgery

Product Description

The simple step-by-step approach chosen by the editors is very different to the existing titles available, in that the necessary basics of laser in situ keratectomy (LASIK) are discussed in detail for the neophyte. Many other excellent books exist for those with experience, yet there is a lack of publications for those just beginning to work with LASIK. Experts from around the world have contributed their practical experience so as to aid the readers of this book. The width and diversity of LASIK applications is vast, yet the apposite conciseness of this text provides all ophthalmologists with a good start in refractive surgery.

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LASIK: A Guide to Laser Vision Correction (Paperback)

January 1st, 2010

LASIK: A Guide to Laser Vision Correction

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LASIK (Laser In Situ Keratomileusis) has become such a popular and overhyped procedure that prospective patients need the understandable account of the process that this small book provides. Its three well-trained and experienced authors begin with the anatomy and physiology of the eye and the meanings of those cryptic numbers on a prescription for glasses. After summarizing LASIK’s history, they discuss what conditions make one a good candidate for it and the qualifications a prospective patient should seek in a LASIK surgeon. Those include training, experience, and using eye-tracking and other up-to-date procedures and equipment. Reports from patients who have undergone LASIK can be helpful, they say, but information on the Internet is much less valuable and may be misleading. They describe the operation proper and postoperative processes in detail, look closely at risks and possible complications, and conclude with lists of further informational resourc (more…)

LASIK Street Sign ~ Personalized Family Lastname Sign ~ Gameroom, Basement, Garage Sign Novelty** METAL ALUMINUM

December 29th, 2009

LASIK Street Sign ~ Personalized Family Lastname Sign ~ Gameroom, Basement, Garage Sign Novelty** METAL ALUMINUM

Product Description

LASIK Street Sign, A BRAND NEW SIGN!! Made of aluminum and high quality vinyl lettering and graphics this sign is 4 x 18 inches. Made to last for years outdoors the sign is nice enough to display indoors. Comes with two holes pre-punched for easy installation, corners are rounded.

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Understanding LASIK Patient Education

December 28th, 2009

Understanding LASIK Patient EducationNo description for this product could be found, but have a look over at Amazon for reviews and other information.