Louis Nichamin

Limbal Relaxing Incisions (eBook, ePUB)

A Practical Guide

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

For both surgeon and patient alike, the success of modern implant surgery is increasingly judged by the refractive and astigmatic outcome. In spite of this, there has not yet been a practical book that addresses the process of performing limbal relaxing incisions (LRIs). Dr. Louis D.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040137864
• Artikelnr.: 70885926

Autorenporträt

Louis D. "Skip" Nichamin, MD is the Medical Director and Managing Partner of the Laurel Eye
Clinic in Brookville, Pennsylvania, one of the leading private ophthalmic practices in the country.
After graduating from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Wayne State
University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan with high distinction and recognition, including
membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, he completed his ophthalmic residency
at the Sinai Hospital of Detroit in Michigan where he was awarded the H. Saul Sugar award for his
outstanding performance.

Dr. Nichamin has since been the recipient of numerous awards, lectured extensively around the
world, and authored hundreds of articles and chapters in the fields of cataract and refractive surgery.
His broad surgical experience numbers in the tens of thousands of surgical cases and includes
posterior, as well as anterior, segment procedures.

Dr. Nichamin has been a representative for the American Academy of Ophthalmology Board
of Councilors and served as the Chairman of the Cataract Clinical Committee of the American
Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He holds a board position on the ASCRS Philanthropic
Foundation. Dr. Nichamin is a committee member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
Preferred Practice Patterns and founding member of the American College of Ophthalmic
Surgery. He has been awarded the Senior Achievement and Secretariat Awards by the American
Academy of Ophthalmology. He is an active consultant in the ophthalmic industry and serves on
numerous medical advisory boards.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication Acknowledgments About the Editor About the Associate Editor Contributing Authors Preface Introduction Chapter 1 History
Background
and Future of Incisional Astigmatic Surgery Section 1 The Foundation and Future of Astigmatic Keratotomy Spencer P. Thornton
MD
FACS Section 2 Limbal Relaxing Incisions: History
Current State of the Art
and Future Richard L. Lindstrom
MD; Molly McDonald
OD; and David R. Hardten
MD Chapter 2 Measuring Astigmatism: Planning Surgery and Tracking Results Noel A. Alpins
MD
FACS and George Stamatelatos
OD Chapter 3 Overview for the Use of Limbal Relaxing Incisions Louis D. \u201cSkip\u201d Nichamin
MD Chapter 4 This Is How I Do It Section 1 Limbal Relaxing Incisions to Correct Astigmatism James P. Gills
MD and Pit Gills
MD Section 2 How I Perform Limbal Relaxing Incisions Richard S. Hoffman
MD Section 3 Astigmatism Correction With Peripheral Corneal Relaxing Incision Douglas D. Koch
MD and Christian C. Hester
MD Section 4 My Approach to Limbal Relaxing Incisions Randall J. Olson
MD Section 5 My Guide to Peripheral Corneal Relaxing Incisions Jonathan B. Rubenstein
MD Section 6 Astigmatism in Three Dimensions R. Bruce Wallace III
MD Chapter 5 Enhancement of Patients With Prior Limbal Relaxing Incisions David R. Hardten
MD and Molly McDonald
OD Chapter 6 Limbal Relaxing Incision Complications Parag D. Parekh
MD
MPA Chapter 7 Femtosecond Laser Limbal Relaxing Incisions Eric D. Donnenfeld
MD; Allon Barsam
MD
MA
FRCOphth; and An Vo
MD Financial Disclosures Index