Refractive Surgery for Eyecare Paraprofessionals
Johnny L. Gayton,
MD
;
Robert Kershner,
MD, FACS
Product Description
The Basic Bookshelf for Eyecare Professionals is a series that provides fundamental and advanced material with a clinical approach to clinicians and students. A special effort was made to include information needed for the certification exams in ophthalmic and optometric assisting, low vision, surgical assisting, opticianry, and contact lens examiners.
Refractive Surgery for Eyecare Paraprofessionals is written to provide an introduction to the most common refractive surgical techniques in use today. It is an excellent source for review that will provide you with a complete understanding of the indications for each procedure. It discusses techniques of various refractive surgical procedures and why one technique might
be preferred over another. This book also covers the potential side effects and complications, plus offers helpful suggestions on how to counsel your patients.
This easy to read manual covers the most common refractive surgical procedures, and offers practical information to apply in daily clinical use. It gives detailed information on optics and refractive errors, preoperative examinations, and the refractive surgical patient. Includes 26 figures with topographies and sample patient questionnaire and consent forms.
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Contents
- IntroductionStudy Icons
- Section I. Preliminaries
- Chapter 1. Optics and Refractive Errors
- Chapter 2. Preoperative Examination of the Potential Refractive Surgery Patient
- Chapter 3. The Refractive Surgical Patient
- Section II. Refractive Procedures
- Chapter 4. Radial Keratotomy (RK) and Astigmatic Keratotomy (AK)
- Chapter 5. Cataracts and Astigmatism
- Chapter 6. Post-Corneal Transplantation Refractive Error
- Chapter 7. Excimer Laser Photorefractive Keratotomy (PRK)
- Chapter 8. Automated Lamellar Keratoplasty (ALK) and Laser Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK)
- Chapter 9. Intraocular Contact Lenses (ICL) and Intraocular Lens Implants
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About the Authors
Johnny L. Gayton, MD
Johnny L. Gayton, MD, owner and president of Eyesight Associates of Middle Georgia, Inc., was born in Canton, Georgia in 1955. Educated at the University of Georgia, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1975, and then continued his education at the Medical College of Georgia, where he earned his MD degree in 1979. He founded Eyesight Associates, now headquartered in Warner Robins, Georgia, in 1983. The corporation, a multi-physician medical practice, now employs over 100 people at its corporate office and 10 satellite offices located in the middle and southern Georgia areas. Dr. Gayton is an international speaker and lecturer and is a member of many professional societies. He recently coauthored The Crystal Clear Guide to Sight for Life with Jan Ledford. He is also the author of the ophthalmic textbook Maximizing Results: Strategies in Refractive, Cataract and Glaucoma Surgery, as well as a contributor to numerous ophthalmic books and journals. Most recently he founded Masterpiece Eyecare, a nationally franchised eyecare company.
Robert M. Kershner, MD, FACS
Robert M. Kershner pursued his undergraduate studies at Boston University and received his Masters of Science and Doctor of Medicine degrees with honors at The University Vermont College of Medicine. He completed his Internship in General Surgery and obtained his Specialty in Ophthalmology at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center in Tucson. He was Chief Resident in Ophthalmology at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City. Dr. Kershner has written many scientific articles on the treatment of eye diseases and is a frequent contributor to health columns. He has authored more than 10 textbooks on eye surgery. Dr. Kershner travels internationally as a lecturer of microsurgical techniques. He has developed several microsurgical instruments and is an innovator in single piece, capsular bag intraocular lenses. He is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and The American College of Eye Surgeons, and is a Fellow of The American Academy of Ophthalmology and The American College of Surgeons. He is an active member of the American and European Societies of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. Dr. Kershner is Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, and the Director of the Orange Grove Center for Corrective Eye Surgery in Tucson, Arizona.
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