Cataracts: A Patient's Guide to Treatment - Softcover

Chang, David F.; Gimbel, Howard V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1886039666 ISBN 13: 9781886039667

Publisher: Addicus Books, 2004

Synopsis

"Providing prospective patients with an understandable account of the diagnosis and treatment of cataracts, this book thoroughly explores the issues surrounding this condition. Surgical treatment and postoperative processes are described in detail, including the risks and possible complications. The emotional side of sight loss and its effect on the patient's life is discussed. Answering questions frequently asked by individuals with cataracts, this comprehensive reference covers the causes of cataracts; prevention and treatment; intraocular lenses; deciding when cataracts should be removed; and whether cataract surgery eliminates the need for glasses."

About this title

About the Author

David F. Chang, MD, is an ophthalmologist with more than 25 years of experience whose private practice is limited exclusively to cataract surgery. He is a clinical professor of ophthalmology at the University of California?San Francisco, where he teaches cataract surgery to ophthalmologists in training. He is an associate examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology, serves on a select national advisory panel for the board recertification examination in cataract surgery, and is co-chief medical editor for Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today. He lives in Los Altos, California. Howard Gimbel, MD, is a cataract surgeon who holds academic appointments at the University of Calgary and the University of California, San Francisco, and was named professor and chairperson of the department of ophthalmology at Loma Linda University. Heis the author of In Search of 20/20. He lives in Calgary, Alberta.

Edition details

• Publisher: Addicus Books
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1886039666
• ISBN 13: 9781886039667
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140