This comprehensive introduction to the technique of phacoemulsification presents the most fundamental aspects and builds up successive levels of knowledge. Every step of the phacoemulsification procedure is critical in determining the final surgical outcome, and this book covers each step taking the reader through the basics on to surgery for specific conditions. This book has been prepared by some of the foremost cataract surgeons in the world. These contributing authors share their preferred techniques and ideas presenting the most advanced methods of surgical procedures, the newest equipment available, and their methods of managing the cataract patient
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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161 colour illustrations, 41 line illustrations, 402 colour photographs
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978-81-7179-790-5 (9788171797905)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Commencing phacoemulsification - the basics; the phacomachine; new phacomechanics offer more control; cavitating microbubbles create shock waves that emulsify cataract; local anesthesia; ocular anesthesia for small-incision cataract surgery; the limbal incision; no anesthesia cataract surgery; clear corneal cataract surgery; capsulorrhexis - a beginner's guide; capsulorrhexis - principles and advanced techniques; hydrodissection and hydrodelineation; phacoemulsification - the quadrantic cracking, chopping and stuffing techniques; current phacoemulsification techniques; phaco slice and separate; cataract extraction and lens implantation: the implosion technique; phacoemulsification in special situations; Zen in the art of phaco; my personal technique of vertical "hubbing" phacoemulsification; innovative nucleotomy techniques; phacoemulsification in white cataracts; phacoemulsification in difficult cases; irrigation and aspiration following phacoemulsification; foldable intraocular implants; History of lens implantation; implantation technique of acrylic foldable intraocular lens and its clinical results; the mini-loop plate and accommodating lenses; suprahard cataracts - their evaluation and management; stretch pupilloplasty for small pupil management in cataract surgery; management of glaucoma in cataract patients; phacoemulsification in the previously filtered eye; phacoemulsification in patients with significant astigmatism; cataracts in patients with uveitis; corneal endothelium and its protection in phacoemulsification; phacoemulsification in the presence of pseudoexfoliation: challenges and options; phacoemulsification in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; the prevention of complications and their management in phacoemulsification; management of posterior chamber IOL capture; IOL scleral fixation in aphakic eyes; phakonit and laser phakonit; pharmacology of intraocular solutions and drugs used in phacoemulsification; triple procedure with phacoemulsification before trephination; multiport phaco tip: a safer and more effective training device for phacoemulsification; intraocular lenses dislocated into the vitreous; favit - a new technique to managed dropped nuclei; laser phaco cataract surgery; endoscopy-assisted phacoemulsification; phacoemulsification - the eye camp way.
