Phacoemulsification

'Pushing an elephant through a keyhole' underlies the basics of phacoemulsification. It is with a great deal of skill and finesse that ophthalmic surgeons perform phacoemulsification for the benefit of their patients. This two volume text with two accompanying CD-ROMs offers the reader more than enough background knowledge to perform safe phaco surgery. The erudite and internationally experienced team of contributors under the editorial direction of the Agarwal family, who has practised ophthalmic surgery for three generations, provide the reader with the latest data and information on how to perform safely. Dr Agarwal's group continues to make advances by working toward even smaller incision surgery. This book is definitely on the 'cutting edge' of technological advance.

Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Conributors -- Foreword to the third edition -- Foreword to the second edition -- Foreword to the first edition -- Preface to the third edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Contents -- Section I Cataract and preoperative evaluation -- 1 Cataract etiology -- 2 Biochemistry of the Lens -- 3 History of phacoemulsification -- 4 Biometry -- 5 IOL Power calculation after corneal refractive surgery -- 6 IOL Master for determining the IOL Power at the time of surgery -- 7 Corneal topography in cataract surgery -- Section II Instrumentation and medication -- 8 The phaco machine: How It acts and reacts -- 9 The fluidics and physics of phaco -- 10 Air pump to prevent surge -- 11 Micrroseal and other phaco tips -- 12 Sterlization -- 13 Local anesthetic agents -- 14 Anesthesia in cataract surgery -- 15 Mydriatics and cycloplegics -- 16 Update on Ophthalmic viscosurgical devices -- Section III Phaco steps -- 17 The dynamics of sutureless catarct incisions -- 18 Incisions -- 19 Capsulorhexis -- 20 Hydrodissection and hydrodelineation -- Section IV Phaco techniques -- 21 Divide and conquer nucle…