Cataract Surgery: Maximising Outcomes through Research

ABOUT THIS BOOK

• Offers the latest information about cataract surgery based on fundamental and clinical research by leading authors
• Provides extensive coverage from preoperative evaluation to postoperative care of cataractsPresents hot topics including femtosecond laser techniques and applications for premium IOLs and toric IOLs

Useful Research for Cataract Surgeons provides cataract surgeons with helpful information about cataract operations based on the latest fundamental and clinical research. This textbook comprehensively covers a wide range of topics from the basic principles of each treatment to today’s hot topics such as femtosecond laser application, cataract surgery, and new IOL with accommodating or light adjustable function. Detailed cutting-edge discussion is provided in each chapter with the addition of diagrams, photographs and tables to help readers better understand the subject. Authored by leading international experts, it includes topics from preoperative evaluations to postoperative care such as: Evaluation of accommodation and pseudo-accommodation Glistening and visual function The eye’s image quality with a premium IOL IOL power calculations Pupil size and postoperative visual function Posterior capsular opacity Corneal astigmatism Femtosecond laser techniques and more. Useful Research for Cataract Surgeons is the perfect book for cataract surgeons and general ophthalmologists who wish to update their knowledge and make use of it in their everyday medical practice.

Content Level » Professional/practitioner
Keywords » Cataract surgery - Corneal astigmatism - Femtosecond laser - IOL
Related subjects » Medicine - Ophthalmology - Surgery

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1.Evaluation of accommodation and pseudo-accommodation using the all-distance visual acuity meter: Hayashi, Ken. .- Chapter 2. Image quality of the eye with a premium IOL – simulation of the retinal surgeon’s view : Inoue, Makoto. .- Chapter 3. Pupil size and postoperative visual function: Kamiya, Kazutaka. .- Chapter 4. Posterior capsular opacity: incidence and inhibition : Kurosaka, Daijiro. .- Chapter 5. "Screening cataract surgery candidates with corneal topographer" or "Use of aberrometer before and after cataract surgery" : Maeda, Naoyuki.- Chapter 6. The influence of glistenings on visual function : Miyata, Akira. .- Chapter 7. Subsurface nano glistening and visual function : Miyata, Kazunori. .- Chapter 8. Image quality of the eye with a premium IOL – simulation of the patient’s view : Negishi, Kazuno.- Chapter 9. Corneal astigmatisms and postoperative visual acuity: Shimizu, Kimiya.- Chapter 10. IOL power calculations in eyes with prior corneal refractive surgery : Meghpara, Beeran. .- Chapter 11. Correction of corneal astigmatism with Toric IOLs : Al-Mohtaseb, Zaina. .- Chapter 12. IOL power calculations in long eyes: Feuerman, Jason.- Chapter 13. Correction of corneal astigmatism with Femtosecond relaxing incisions : Donnenfeld, Eric .- Chapter 14. Femtosecond techniques in cataract surgery : Gerste, Ronald D. & Dick, Burkhard.- Chapter 15. Fluidics of phaco systems: Han, Young Keun. .- Chapter 16. Cataract wound size and astigmatism : Febraro, Jean Luc. .- Chapter 17. Optical bench testing of IOLs : Yoon, Genyoung & MacRae, Scott.

AUTHORS & EDITORS

Dr. Hiroko Bissen-Miyajima Professor of Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College Suidobashi Hospital, 2-9-18 Misaki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan 101-0061 Dr. Douglas Donald Koch Professor of Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, 1977 Butler Blvd. Houston, Texas 77030, USA Dr. Mitchell Patrick Weikert Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, 1977 Butler Blvd. Houston, Texas 77030, USA