Premium cataract surgery
Subtitle: a step-by-step guide
By: edited by John A. Hovanesian
Publisher: Slack Incorporated
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Thorofare, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781617110221
Subjects: Medical Practice Management; Physician-Patient Relations; Methods; Crystalline Lens; Surgery; Cataract Extraction
Description: "In Premium Cataract Surgery: A Step-by-Step Guide, Dr. John A. Hovanesian presents the complicated subject of premium cataract surgery in an approachable manner for all cataract surgeons looking to elevate their skill level and improve patient experience. Premium Cataract Surgery: A Step-by-Step Guide packages all aspects of premium surgery into a practical guide for eye surgeons who wish to take their practices to a new level by offering cataract patients refractive solutions, such as astigmatism and presbyopia correction. Both well-established and new techniques and implants are presented in chapters that are organized by topic and detailed step-by-step. Chapters cover every subject related to premium surgery, including how-to chapters on microincision technique, toric implants, limbal relaxing incisions, advanced monovision, multifocals, and accommodating lenses. Enhancement strategies such as piggyback lenses, laser enhancement, and incisional surgery are presented as separate and complete solutions. In addition to surgical solution strategies, Dr. Hovanesian focuses this book on the psychology of creating a premium practice. Nontechnical matters such as patient screening, ethics, communicating the value of lenses, and managing the unhappy patient are thoroughly presented with easy-to-adopt ideas for the resident or seasoned veteran. Matters Addressed: - Equipment and staffing needs - Pricing - Medicare compliance - Marketing - Communicating with preoperative and postoperative patients Premium Cataract Surgery: A Step-by-Step Guide explores every angle of premium surgery and practice and offers improvements for all levels of surgeons, from the resident to the experienced clinician, resulting in a top experience and a lifetime of premium vision for the patient"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: How to get started in premium cataract surgery / John A. Hovanesian; title: Presbyopia-correcting intraocular lenses : everyday ethical issues / David F. Chang; title: Prognostic predictors for premium intraocular lenses / George O. Waring IV and Jason E. Stahl; title: Practice management considerations of refractive cataract surgery / Kevin J. Corcoran; title: Advertising and public relations for premium cataract surgery / Paul Stubenbordt; title: Educating patients about refractive cataract surgery / John A. Hovanesian; title: Microincisional cataract surgery / Mujtaba A. Qazi and Jay S. Pepose; title: The toric intraocular lens : successful strategies / Warren E. Hill; title: Limbal relaxing incisions / R. Bruce Wallace III; title: Integrating monovision into presbyopic intraocular lens surgery / J.E. "Jay" McDonald II and Garth Rotramel; title: Multifocal implants / Farrell Toby Tyson; title: Accommodating implants : the crystalens / Robert J. Weinstock; title: Managing unhappy patients / Allon Barsam and Eric D. Donnenfeld; title: Enhancement with piggyback or intraocular lens exchanges / Warren E. Hill; title: Excimer laser enhancements after intraocular lens surgery / Jay Bansal and Arun C. Gulani; title: Enhancements with micro-radial keratotomy astigmatic keratotomy / Frank A. Bucci Jr.