LASIK: Principles and TechniquesLucio Buratto, Stephen F. Brint Lucio Buratto, MD and Stephen F. Brint, MD have collaborated to develop an authoritative resource on LASIK. They have developed this textbook to bring together the very latest information in a clear and comprehensive format. Throughout this book you should gain a solid foundation and understanding of the LASIK procedure, as well as numerous individual methods and viewpoints on the surgery. By bringing together expertise from the most acclaimed surgeons in the world, this book seeks to provide the essential material necessary for understanding the procedure, development and techniques of LASIK. |
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... astigmatism , myopic and hyperopic astigmatism , and hyperopia . The results for myopia and compound myopic astigmatism have reached acceptable predictability and safety levels . 1-4 Other surgical techniques have been used for the ...
... astigmatism , myopic and hyperopic astigmatism , and hyperopia . The results for myopia and compound myopic astigmatism have reached acceptable predictability and safety levels . 1-4 Other surgical techniques have been used for the ...
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... HYPEROPIC ASTIGMATISM ,. Steepest Meridian Central Steepening Central Steepening Peripheral Ablation ( Hyperopia ) Peripheral Ablation ( Hyperopia + astig ) Flattest Meridian Figure 21-5 . Treatment with PlanoScan for compound hyperopic ...
... HYPEROPIC ASTIGMATISM ,. Steepest Meridian Central Steepening Central Steepening Peripheral Ablation ( Hyperopia ) Peripheral Ablation ( Hyperopia + astig ) Flattest Meridian Figure 21-5 . Treatment with PlanoScan for compound hyperopic ...
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... hyperopic astigmatism . Preoperative Postoperative Preoperative 44.0 Postoperative the Figure 21-13 . Preoperative and sixth month postoperative corneal topographies in simple hyperopic astigmatism . improve our results . Another ...
... hyperopic astigmatism . Preoperative Postoperative Preoperative 44.0 Postoperative the Figure 21-13 . Preoperative and sixth month postoperative corneal topographies in simple hyperopic astigmatism . improve our results . Another ...
Contents
Corneal Anatomy and Physiology | 3 |
Keratomileusis | 9 |
LASIK Preoperative Considerations | 23 |
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