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CATARACT SURGERY
Cataract SurgeryTechnique, 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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