Minimally Invasive Ophthalmic Surgery
I. Howard Fine
Daniel S. Mojon (Eds.)
Minimally Invasive
Ophthalmic Surgery
Prof. Dr. I. Howard Fine |
Prof. Dr. Daniel S. Mojon |
Oregon Health and Science University |
Department of Ophthalmology |
1550 Oak Street, Suite 5 |
Kantonsspital St. Gallen |
Eugene, OR 97401-7701 |
Rorschacherstrasse |
USA |
9007 St. Gallen |
hfine@finemd.com |
Switzerland |
|
daniel.mojon@kssg.ch |
ISBN: 978-3-642-02601-0 |
e-ISBN: 978-3-642-02602-7 |
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02602-7
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Dedication
“We dedicate this book to our patients who entrust their vision to our care, and by their trust and gratitude stimulate us to provide better outcomes by minimizing invasiveness.”
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Preface
Minimally invasive surgical techniques constitute one of the most important revolutions in surgery since the early 1900s. In many operating disciplines, they allow us to minimize tissue trauma, postoperative patient discomfort, hospital stay, and work disability.
In ophthalmology, many minimally invasive procedures have been developed over the last decades. They have already and will continue to greatly improve eye surgery. Minimal techniques in use are, e.g., phacoemulsification for cataracts, nonpenetrating techniques and miniature drainage implants for glaucoma, transconjunctival approaches and minimal buckling for vitreoretinal surgery, endoscopic techniques for the lacrimal system, and small incisions for lid and strabismus surgery.
Minimally Invasive Ophthalmic Surgery is the first textbook providing a complete overview of minimally invasive surgical techniques in ophthalmology. It presents state of the art procedures using many illustrations and video-clips and serves as a textbook and reference guide to this rapidly growing sector of ophthalmic surgery.
Eugene, OR, USA |
I. Howard Fine |
St. Gallen, Switzerland |
Daniel S. Mojon |
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Acknowledgements
The creation of a book about minimally invasive surgery across the ophthalmic subspecialties would not have become reality without the many contributing authors. We thank each of them for their time and expertise in writing their chapters. Special thanks go to Marion Krämer and Stephanie Benko from Springer who supported our idea. Finally, we thank all the surgeons who have innovated techniques that have incrementally increased the safety and efficacy of surgical intervention in the eye.
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