03337nam 2200565Ia 450 991045237630332120200520144314.090-6299-831-3(CKB)2550000000109690(EBL)1043388(OCoLC)805607487(SSID)ssj0000733705(PQKBManifestationID)11439762(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000733705(PQKBWorkID)10719532(PQKB)10609537(MiAaPQ)EBC1043388(Au-PeEL)EBL1043388(CaPaEBR)ebr10579769(EXLCZ)99255000000010969019990719d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe history of modern cataract surgery[electronic resource] /edited by Marvin L. Kwitko and Charles D. KelmanThe Hague, The Netherlands Kuglerc19981 online resource (281 p.)Description based upon print version of record.90-6299-154-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 implantPhacosection: 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 authorsSurely 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, 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 iCataractSurgeryHistoryCrystalline lensElectronic books.CataractSurgeryHistory.Crystalline lens.617.742Kwitko Marvin L889519Kelman Charles D889520MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452376303321The history of modern cataract surgery1987077UNINA