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Edited by Jorge L. Alió y Sanz and Dimitri T. Azar
3461 pp, $139.50
New York, NY, Springer, 2008
ISBN-13: 978-3-5403-7583-8

JAMA. 2009;301(12):1290-1291.

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Management of Complications in Refractive Surgery is a comprehensive textbook that details the prevention and management of complications associated with a wide array of refractive surgical techniques. Major technological advances over the past several years have made refractive surgery much safer—yet problems still do exist, and new issues have surfaced. The editors have compiled an impressive list of exemplary contributing authors well known to be the best in the field of refractive surgery, offering modern, up-to-date, and practical insights on complications in the field. Full-color figures and photographs beautifully illustrate techniques and complications.

The book is divided into 19 chapters that comprehensively cover the complications that can arise with a variety of refractive surgical techniques, ranging from the common to the rare. There is an extensive review of intraoperative and postoperative complications of laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK). These chapters deal with well-known anatomical problems with the creation and stability of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Amy Lin, MD, Reviewer
Department of Ophthalmology
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, Illinois
amylin@lumc.edu

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