Master Techniques in Cataract and Refractive Surgery combines the wisdom of cataract surgery with the progressiveness of refractive surgery. This text paves the way for today's surgeon to keep pace with all of the newest surgical techniques and technologies available.
Editors F. Hampton Roy, MD, FACS and Carlos Walter Arzabe, MD, along with a group of expert international surgeons, detail how the latest technology is opening the door for new corrective procedures. Master Techniques in Cataract and Refractive Surgery details all aspects of cataract and refractive surgery.
This comprehensive text written in a user-friendly style is accompanied by over 350 images. Learn how to perform cataract and refractive procedures from the start in one text. Each chapter covers indications, contraindications, detailed surgery, complications, results and references.
Covering the latest procedures, as well as those that will soon emerge, this all-inclusive and comprehensive text is a necessity for all surgeons. By seeing how the experts are performing, you will be able to understand their techniques and improve your surgical practice.
Cataract Topics Include:
Bioptics in Cataract Surgery Dislocation and Decentration of Intraocular Lens Laser Cataract Extraction Lensectomy With Multifocal Lens Surgical Implantation of Telescopic Intraocular Lenses Refractive Topics Include: Astigmatism: LASIK, LASEK, and PRK Hyperopia and Conductive Thermokeratoplasty Phakic Refractive Lenses Myopia: PRK, LASIK, and LASEK Surgical Reversal of Presbyopia
About the Author :
F. Hampton Roy, MD, FACS, has a private practice in Little Rock, Ark. He is the author of 120 articles and 33 books, and is Medical Director of the World Eye Foundation. Dr. Roy has worked in Peru, Bolivia, China, and India to improve current information systems. He is Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Carlos Walter Arzabe, MD, practices medicine in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Dr. Arzabe is a former Research Fellow of Harvard University Eye Research Institute from Boston and Schepens Retina Associates. He has written in several world ophthalmic journals and books, and in the past few years has published with the Pan American Association of Ophthalmology a diabetic retinopathy manual. Most recently, with the support of the World Eye Foundation and Dr. Roy’s guidance, teaching, and editing, he published a glaucoma manual (written in Spanish), which has been distributed for free in 16 countries. In 1996 he was the winner of the world contest, the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World Award, in the category of Medical Innovations, by the Junior Chamber International, Inc.
Both doctors practice general ophthalmology with an emphasis on cataract and refractive surgery.
Because one editor is from Little Rock, Ark and one editor is from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, this book has an international flavor that will certainly please the readers.
Review :
"Roy and Arzabe successfully put together a well-organized collection of the most current information available worldwide. I highly recommend this book and find it to be a welcome addition to my library."
— G. Richard Cohen, MD, Ocular Surgery News
