LASIK Complications: Trends and Techniques [Paperback]

Howard V. Gimbel MD MPH FRCSC FACS Diplomate ABO AOE CABES (Author), Ellen E. Anderson Penno MD MS Diplomate ABO FRCSC (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1556426364 | ISBN-13: 978-1556426360 | Publication Date: April 19, 2004 | Edition: 3rd

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 patient testing, treatment, and outcomes for each of these topics. Surgeons looking to keep pace with the optimum ways to manage complications and complicated cases will find these sections particularly informative.

With the inclusion of dynamic new procedures, effective strategies to manage complications, and informative tables, LASIK Complications: Trends and Techniques, Third Edition is the one resource LASIK surgeons need by their side.

New Topics Include:

• The Wavefront Revolution
• Custom Ablation
• LASEK
• Ultrafast Lasers in Refractive Surgery
• Special LASIK Cases

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About the Author

Howard V. Gimbel, MD, MPH, FRCSC, FACS, Diplomate ABO, AOE, CABES,

is the Founder, Medical Director, and Senior Surgeon of the Gimbel Eye Centre in Calgary, Canada. Dr. Gimbel received his doctorate in medicine and a master’s in public health from Loma Linda University in California. He completed his internship and ophthalmology residency at the White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles. In 1964, Dr. Gimbel began practicing as an eye specialist in Calgary. Dr. Gimbel has academic appointments at the University of Calgary, University of California-San Francisco, and is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at Loma Linda University.

Gimbel Eye Centre-Calgary was the first center in Canada to perform excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy (1990). Since that time, Gimbel Eye Centre surgeons have performed over 60,000 laser vision correction procedures. Dr. Gimbel has personally performed over 75,000 vision correction procedures.

Ellen E. Anderson Penno, MD, MS, Diplomate ABO, FRCSC,

in addition to performing refractive and cataract surgeries at the Gimbel Eye Centre in Calgary, Canada, has opened Eye MD Calgary where she sees general ophthalmology patients. Dr. Anderson Penno has been involved in research since her undergraduate training. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1992 with a combined medical degree and master’s degree in Clinical Laboratory Science. Her interest in research continued throughout her residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and her refractive surgery/research fellowship at the Gimbel Eye Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1997 to 1998.

Dr. Anderson Penno has coauthored numerous publications and book chapters relative to refractive surgery including Refractive Surgery: A Manual of Principles and Practice.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Slack Incorporated; 3rd edition (April 19, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556426364
• ISBN-13: 978-1556426360
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #538,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good stuff, June 12, 2007

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This review is from: LASIK Complications: Trends and Techniques (Paperback)

This book provides good insight to professionals who want to know the basics of dealing with LASIK complications. However, it is not a stand alone book by any means. One of the best parts of the book were the cases at the end