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The history of modern cataract surgery /
Surely the threat of blindness from whatever cause, is an event faced by an ever-growing segment of our aging population. However, when the cause was cataract formation, over the centuries a definite treatment evolved and became available to help those afflicted with this problem, from couching, thr...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autres auteurs: | , |
| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Hague, Netherlands :
Kugler Publications,
Ã1998.
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| Collection: | Online access: Gale.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Foreword; PrefaceHistory of cataract surgery; The four eras in the evolution of cataract surgery; Intraocular lens implantationThe beginnings; Cataract surgery (1920-1960); Pseudophakia: Intracapsular or extracapsular technique?; History of the operating microscope; Anterior chamber intraocular implants and intracapsular cataractsurgery; Manual extracapsular surgery; Cryocataract surgery; The 'Sputnik' intraocular lens; Viscoelastics; History of phacoemulsification; Posterior chamber lens implantation; The genesis of the posterior chamber lens implant.
- Phacosection: The evolution of a manual small incision-no-stitchphacofragmentationcataract extraction techniqueInfantile cataract surgery
- Evolution of modern techniques; The early use of lens implants in children; Secondary implantation; History of the picosecond YAG laser; The history of IOL power calculation in North America; Intraocular lenses in visual rehabilitation of patients with maculardisease; Intraocular lens complications; Teaching courses
- 1967-1983; Atlas of Ophthalmic Surgery; Index of authors.