Ophthalmic Microsurgical Suturing Techniques is a reference text for the ophthalmic surgeon.
The book provides basic information on tissue tactics and knot tying and demonstrates the applicability of these techniques to various microsurgical situations, in both the anterior and the posterior segment of the eye.
Illustrated with photos and line drawings, each chapter contains sections on:
- Surgical indications
- Instrumentation and equipment
- Surgical technique
- Complications
- Future challenges
Ophthalmic Microsurgical Suturing Techniques is accompanied by a DVD that contains step-by-step illustrations with surgical clips.
Contents
- The Physics of Wound Closure, including Tissue Tactics
- Needles, Sutures, and Instruments
- Knot Tying Principles and Techniques
- Microsurgical Suturing Techniques: Closure of the Cataract Wound
- Suturing an Intraocular Lens
- Corneal Suturing Techniques
- Trauma Suturing Techniques
- Iris Reconstruction
- Sclera/Retina Suturing Techniques
- Glaucoma Surgery Suturing Techniques
- Amniotic Membrane Suturing Techniques
- Strabismus
- Refractive Surgery Suturing Techniques
- Pterygium, Tissue Glue and Future of Wound Closure.
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