Lasik

This resource details prevalent topics surrounding the world of LASIK. It offers information on contemporary techniques, most recent innovations and controversial topics.

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"LASIK: Advances, Controversies and Custom" is an insightful, new resource detailing the most prevalent topics currently surrounding the world of LASIK. Dr Probst has collaborated with a group of highly acclaimed international surgeons to produce this comprehensive text. As both experts and innovators of the LASIK procedure, the authors are able to offer valuable information on the latest techniques, most recent innovations, and controversial topics. The editor ties this all together by interviewing each author to bring out the salient points of each chapter. The first section begins discussing both preoperative advancements, including developments on the Orbscan, pupil testing and the Artemis anterior segment ultrasound, and procedural innovations concerning LASIK nomograms and laser results. Colour illustrations are included to assist readers' comprehension of the material. Next, surgeons with a combined experience of over 100,000 LASIK procedures outline the pearls of their respective technique. This provides the reader with the opportunity to learn about the similarities and differences between surgeons.
The section concludes with the presentation of current complex case and successful complication management techniques, advanced technology and legal issues. Many controversial areas of LASIK have also emerged in recent years. Paediatric LASIK, bilateral LASIK, price discounted LASIK are just a few of the topics integrated into this text. To completely understand these issues, subjects are debated by matching a proponent of each method against an adversary. The last section details the latest systems and developments from each of the manufacturers of Custom Wavefront LASIK various platforms are analyzed in terms of the technology and results. This is an integral step in preparing refractive surgeons for the new era of custom LASIK.