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Titolo |
The history of modern cataract surgery [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Marvin L. Kwitko and Charles D. Kelman |
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The Hague, The Netherlands, : Kugler, c1998 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (281 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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KwitkoMarvin L |
KelmanCharles D |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cataract - Surgery - History |
Crystalline lens |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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 |
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evolved and became available to help those afflicted with this problem, from couching, through crude extra-capsular Graeffe knife extraction, intra-capsular cataract surgery, and planned extra-capsular surgery, to phacoemulsification (ultrasound or laser). Doctors, therefore, recognized very early that there was one blinding condition which could be treated and in which vision could be i |
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