Premium Cataract Surgery A Step-by-Step Guide

by Hovanesian, John

• ISBN13: 9781617110221
• ISBN10: 1617110221
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-02-15
• Publisher: Slack Incorporated

Summary

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 Guidepackages 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. Non technical 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. Administrative Matters Addressed: Equipment and staffing needs Pricing Medicare compliance Marketing Communicating with pre operative and post operative patients Premium Cataract Surgery: A Step-by-Step Guideexplores 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.

Author Biography

John A. Hovanesian, MD is a member of the clinical faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Jules Stein Eye Institute and is in private ophthalmic practice in Laguna Hills, California, with Harvard Eye Associates. He completed his undergraduate training in 3 years in the Honors Chemistry program at the University of Michigan, where he was a James B. Angell Scholar and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society as a sophomore. After graduating summa cum laude, he earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School and completed his residency training at Henry Ford Hospital, where he was named Resident of the Year and was selected by his faculty to serve as chief resident. Dr. Hovanesian then completed a 2-year fellowship in cornea and external disease at the UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute. In his private practice in Southern California, he directs one of the country’s most recognized Food and Drug Administration study centers, evaluating new eye care technologies. He serves as a board member or consultant for more than 20 eye technology companies.     

As the son of 2 teachers, Dr. Hovanesian enjoys contributing to ophthalmic education and serves the American Academy of Ophthalmology as editor of the Online News and Education network’s cataract and anterior segment section. He is a regular contributor and member of the editorial board for Ocular Surgery News, Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today, The Premier Surgeon, Advanced Ocular Care, and Primary Care Optometry News.He blogs at www.osnsupersite.com/blog/hovanesian.aspx.   

In his spare time, Dr. Hovanesian enjoys spending time with his wife and 3 children. An Eagle Scout, he is also a volunteer leader with the Boy Scouts of America, serving as both cubmaster of his son’s Cub Scout group and as an executive board member of the Orange County, California Council. He and his wife also teach Sunday school at his church in Costa Mesa, California.

Table of Contents

Dedication	p. v
Acknowledgments	p. ix
About the Editor	p. xi
Contributing Authors	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xxi
Introduction	p. xxiii
Setting the Stage for Premium Cataract Surgery	p. 1
How to Get Started in Premium Cataract Surgery	p. 3
Presbyopia-Correcting Intraocular Lenses: Everyday Ethical Issues	p. 9
Prognostic Predictors for Premium Intraocular Lenses	p. 15
Practice Management Considerations of Refractive Cataract Surgery	p. 23
Advertising and Public Relations for Premium Cataract Surgery	p. 33
Educating Patients About Refractive Cataract Surgery	p. 45
Surgical Technique and Implants	p. 51
Microincisional Cataract Surgery	p. 53
The Toric Intraocular Lens: Successful Strategies	p. 65
Limbal Relaxing Incisions	p. 75
Integrating Monovision Into Presbyopic Intraocular Lens Surgery	p. 83
Multifocal Implants	p. 95
Accommodating Implants: The Crystalens	p. 105
Postoperative Considerations and Enhancements	p. 117
Managing Unhappy Patients	p. 119
Enhancement With Piggyback or Intraocular Lens Exchanges	p. 127
Excimer Laser Enhancements After Intraocular Lens Surgery	p. 135
Enhancements With Micro-Radial Keratotomy / Astigmatic Keratotomy	p. 147
Financial Disclosures	p. 159
Index	p. 161
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