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CATARACT SURGERY
Cataract Surgery
Technique, Complications, and Management
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Second Edition

By
Roger Steinert, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine CA

Description
Authored by a broad spectrum of highly respected contributors, this practical and easy-to-use reference includes sections on preoperative considerations, advances in the techniques and indications for ECCE and phacoemulsification, future trends for cataract extraction and management of pediatric cataracts, intraocular lenses, operative complications and the management of postoperative complications, and much more. This second edition builds upon the solid foundation of the first and brings to your fingertips the most modern, up to date advancements in the field.

Audience
Primary: Ophthalmologists and Residents
Secondary: Optometrists

Contents


I. EVALUATION


1. The Pathology of Cataracts

2. Surgical Anatomy, Biochemistry, Pathogenesis, and Classification of Cataracts

3. Preoperative Evaluation of the Patient with Visually Significant Cataract

4. Intraocular Lens Implant Power Calculation, Selection, and Ocular Biometry



II. PREPARATION


5. Ophthalmic Viscosurgical Devices: Physical Characteristics, Clinical Applications, and Complications

6. Biomechanical Characteristics of Suture Materials and Needles in Cataract Sugery

7. The Phaco Machine: The Physical Principles Guiding Its Operation

8. Retrobulbar and Peribulbar Anesthesia for Cataract Surgery

9. Topical Intracameral Anesthesia



III. EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION


10. Extracapsular Cataract Surgery: Indications and Techniques

11. Phacosection Cataract Surgery



IV. PHACOEMULSIFICATION


12. Incision Construction

13. Capsulorrhexis

14. Hydrodissection and Hydrodelineation

15. Principles of Nuclear Phacoemulsification

16. Phaco Chop

17. Technique of Tilt and Tumble Phacoemulsification



V. SPECIAL TECHNIQUES FOR CATARACT EXTRACTION


18. Pars Plana Lensectomy for Primary Extraction and Retained Fragments

19. Phacoemulsification in the Presence of a Small Pupil

20. Combined Cataract Implant and Filtering Surgery

21. Combined Cataract Extraction and Corneal Transplantation

22. Control of Astigmatism in the Cataract Patient

23. Cataract Surgery in Uveitis Patients

24. Surgical Management of Pediatric Cataracts

25. The Intumescent Cataract

26. Dense Brunescent Cataract

27. Surgical Management of the Congenitally Subluxed Crystalline Lens Using the Modified Capsular Tension Ring

28. Techniques and Principles of Surgical Management for the Traumatic Cataract

29. Iris Repair

30. High Myopia

31. Nanophthalmos, Relative Anterior Microphthalmos, and Axial Hyperopia

32. Cataract Surgery in the Presence of Other Ocular Comorbidities



VI. INTRAOCULAR LENSES


33. The Evolution of the Intraocular Lens

34. Polymethylmethacrylate Intraocular Lenses

35. Foldable Intraocular Lenses

36. Multifocal Intraocular Lenses

37. Secondary Intraocular Lenses

38. Intraocular Lens-Related Opacifications



VII. MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS


39. Intraoperative Complications of Phacoemulsification Surgery

40. Surgical Repositioning and Explantation of Intraocular Lens

41. Wound Dehiscence Following Cataract Surgery

42. Corneal Edema After Cataract Surgery

43. Glaucoma After Cataract Surgery

44. Neodymium:Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet Laser Posterior Capsulotomy

45. Neodymium:Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet Laser in the Management of Postoperative Complications of Cataract Surgery

46. Epithelial and Fibrous Invasion of the Eye

47. Macular Causes of Poor Postoperative Vision: Cystoid Macular Edema, Epiretinal Fibrosis, and Age-Related Macular Degeneration

48. Postoperative Endophthalmitis

49. Retinal Detachment

50. Prolonged Intraocular Inflammation

51. Lasers in Cataract Surgery

52. New Phacoemulsification Technologies

53. Endocapsular Vortex Emulsification for Cataract Removal


Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 656 pages, publication date: OCT-2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-7216-9057-5
ISBN-10: 0-7216-9057-2
Imprint: SAUNDERS


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