Clinical Practice in Small Incision Cataract Surgery - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1841844675 ISBN 13: 9781841844671

Publisher: CRC Press, 2004

Synopsis

Cataract is currently the main cause of avoidable blindness in the developing world and accounts for about 75% of cases worldwide. Small incision manual techniques for cataract surgery, as described in this book, should be in the armamentarium of every cataract surgeon, whether it be in the United States or less affluent countries. Phacoemulsification has become the primary method of performing extracapsular cataract surgery, yet it is not always appropriate either from a cost perspective or the density of the cataracts involved. Small incision manual extracapsular techniques, the first choice alternative to phacoemulsification, give visual results equivalent to phacoemulsification at lower cost. Surgeons using this technique regardless of what the latest technology to appear is, are performing state-of-the-art surgery for their patients. Fifty-seven chapters cover all aspects of small incision cataract surgery from lens anatomy to various operative techniques, complications, management and recent advances. It is the first alternative choice to phacoemulsification. Also included are two CD-ROMs to accompany the book.

About this title

Synopsis

Significant advances in recent years have put the goal of being able to operate through the smallest incision possible, with an IOL that can be inserted or injected through it, within easy reach. The first book available on this exciting era of cataract surgery, Clinical Practice in Small Incision Cataract Surgery begins with a description of the anatomy and biochemistry of the human crystalline lens. The book beautifully illustrates the etiology of the cataract, its classification, and various treatment modalities. It covers manual phacofragmentation through small incision, combined SICS, glaucoma surgery, and pediatric cataract surgery. The editors and their panel of experts describe the management of complications from the anterior or posterior segment and the etiology, explore clinical manifestations and pharmacological prevention of the posterior capsule opacification, and provide an update on twenty-first century intraocular lens surgery that points to the shape of things to come.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841844675
• ISBN 13: 9781841844671
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 656
• Editor: Fry Luther L., Garg Ashok, Guitérrez-Camona Francisco, Pandey Suresh K., Tabin Geoffrey