03145nam 2200541Ia 450 991077939260332120230417232057.090-6299-831-3(CKB)2550000000109690(EBL)1043388(OCoLC)805607487(SSID)ssj0000733705(PQKBManifestationID)11439762(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000733705(PQKBWorkID)10719532(PQKB)10609537(MiAaPQ)EBC1043388(Au-PeEL)EBL1043388(CaPaEBR)ebr10579769(EXLCZ)99255000000010969019990719h19981998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe history of modern cataract surgery /editors, Marvin L. Kwitko, Charles D. KelmanThe Hague :Kugler,1998.©19981 online resource (281 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.90-6299-154-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Foreword; Preface History of cataract surgery; The four eras in the evolution of cataract surgery; Intraocular lens implantation The beginnings; Cataract surgery (1920-1960); Pseudophakia: Intracapsular or extracapsular technique?; History of the operating microscope; Anterior chamber intraocular implants and intracapsular cataract surgery; 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-stitch phacofragmentation cataract extraction technique Infantile 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 macular disease; 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).CataractSurgeryHistoryCataractSurgeryHistory.617.742Kwitko Marvin L1470114Kelman Charles D1470115MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779392603321The history of modern cataract surgery3681788UNINA