Cataract surgery

The pathology of cataracts -- Surgical anatomy, biochemistry, pathogenesis, and classification of cataracts -- Preoperative evaluation of the patient with visually significant cataract -- Intraocular lens power calculation -- Intraocular lens power calculations after refractive surgery -- Ophthalmic viscosurgical devices: physical characteristics, clinical applications, and complications -- The phaco machine: the physical principles guiding its operation -- Retrobulbar and peribulbar anesthesia for cataract surgery -- Topical intracameral anesthesia -- Extracapsular cataract surgery: indications and techniques -- Small incision cataract surgery in underdeveloped countries -- Prophylactic preoperative preparation and operative measures for control of infection, inflammation and intraocular pressure -- Incision construction -- Capsulorrhexis -- Hydrodissection and hydrodelineation -- Principles of nuclear phacoemulsification -- Phaco chop -- Tilt and tumble phacoemulsification: coaxial and bimanual -- Biaxial phacoemulsification -- Microcoaxial phacoemulsification with torsional ultrasound.;Phacoemulsification in the presence of a small pupil -- Combined cataract implant and filtering surgery -- Combined cataract extraction and corneal transplantation -- Control of astigmatism in the cataract patient -- Cataract surgery in uveitis patients -- Surgical management of pediatric cataracts and aphakia -- The intumescent cataract -- Dense brunescent cataract -- Capsule tension rings and segments -- Techniques and principles of surgical management for the traumatic cataract -- Iris repair -- High myopia -- Nanophthalmos, relative anterior microphthalmos, and axial hyperopia -- Cataract surgery in the presence of other ocular comorbidities -- The evolution of the intraocular lens -- Polymethylmethacrylate intraocular lenses -- Foldable intraocular lenses, edge design, and aspheric optics -- Presbyopia correcting intraocular lenses -- The correction of astigmatism during cataract surgery with toric intraocular lenses -- Intraocular lens spectral filtering -- Secondary intraocular lens implantation and stabilization -- Pathology of cataract surgery and intraocular lenses.;Risk management in cataract surgery -- Intraoperative complications of phacoemulsification surgery -- Anterior vitrectomy techniques for the cataract surgeon -- Surgical repositioning and explanation of the intraocular lens -- Issues in wound management -- Toxic anterior segment syndrome -- Corneal edema after cataract surgery -- Glaucoma after cataract surgery -- Neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser posterior capsulotomy -- Neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser in the management of postoperative complications of cataract surgery -- Ingrowths -- Macular causes of poor postoperative vision: cystoid macular edema, epiretinal fibrosis, and age-related macular degeneration -- Postoperative endophthalmitis -- Management of postoperative complications: retinal detachment -- Prolonged intraocular inflammation -- Cataract surgery: future predictions.

Extensively revised, this state-of-the-art 3rd edition offers new perspectives and cutting-edge coverage of the rapidly evolving field of cataract surgery. Roger F. Steinert, MD, along with a who's who of top international experts, delivers comprehensive clinical coverage of the latest surgical techniques, principles, and pearls, as well as expert advice on preoperative assessment and how to avoid and manage complications. Detailed discussions on today's hot topics such as aspheric and presbyopia IOL, phacoemulsification, and more, keep you at the forefront of this burgeoning field. And, more than 1050 illustrations and a DVD containing videos of cataract procedures give you step-by-step visual guidance. Includes a DVD with over 60 minutes of surgical videos performed by the authors, offering you real-time guidance on the full range of the latest cataract surgery techniques, including phacoemulsification in the presence of a small pupil, toric IOL implantation, biaxial microincision cataract surgery, and many others. Presents new chapters on Aspheric Multifocal, Accommodating IOLs, Color-filtering IOL, IOL design, and Capsular opacification offering you the latest information in this rapidly advancing area.