London.: BMJ Books, 2003. - 233 p.Cataract surgery is a dynamic and complex field and is, without doubt, a fundamental part of ophthalmology. This book aims to cover the subject comprehensively, particularly the technical aspects of learning, performing, and teaching phacoemulsification. The inclusion of chapters on the Third World and the future of cataract surgery provide the reader with a broader erspective.
The structure of the text, cross-referencing between chapters, and a detailed index minimise repetition. For example, intraoperative complications are discussed within the relevant individual.
chapters on technique (although vitreous loss and the dropped nucleus have a chapter devoted to them), whereas postoperative complications are grouped together. For those who would like more detail, the text has been thoroughly referenced. Inevitably, some knowledge has been assumed and some detail omitted, but we hope that this book will be useful to both trainees and established cataract surgeons.Contents:
Preface to the Fundamentals of Clinical Ophthalmology Series.
Preface.
Teaching and learning phacoemulsification.
Incision planning and construction for phacoemulsification.
Capsulorhexis.
Phacoemulsification equipment and applied phacodynamics.
Phacoemulsification technique.
Biometry and lens implant power calculation.
Foldable intraocular lenses and viscoelastics.
Non-phacoemulsification cataract surgery.
Anaesthesia for cataract surgery.
Cataract surgery in complex eyes.
Vitreous loss.
Postoperative complications.
Cataract surgery in the Third World.
Cataract surgery: the next frontier.
Index.
