Minimizing incisions and maximizing outcomes in cataract surgery
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Springer,
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Publisher Address: | Berlin London |
Publication Dates: | 2010. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02862-5 |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xv, 319 p.): ill. |
ISBN: |
9783642028625 (electronic bk.) 3642028624 (electronic bk.) |
Index Number: | R779 |
CLC: | R779.66 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Minimizing: a continuous trend in cataract surgery -- The transition towards smaller and smaller incisions: micro-coaxial phacoemulsification with torsional ultrasound -- Transitioning to bimanual MICS -- 0.7 mm microincision cataract surgery -- MICS instrumentation -- Evolution of ultrasound pumps and fluidics and ultrasound power: from standard coaxial towards the minimal incision possible in cataract surgery -- Coaxial microincision cataract surgery utilizing non-linear ultrasonic power: an alternative to bimanual micorincision cataract surgery -- Technology available: how to better use fluidics with MICS -- How to use power modulation in MICS -- MICS with different platforms -- Using the Alcon Infiniti and AMO signature for MICS -- MICS with different platforms: Stellaris Vision Enhancement System -- Surgical technique: how to perform a smooth transition -- Pupil dilation and preoperative preparation -- Incision -- Thermodynamics -- Using ophthalmic viscosurgical devices with smaller incisions -- Capsulorhexis -- Hydrodissection and hydrodelineation. Biaxial microincision cataract surgery: techniques and sample surgical parameters -- Biaxial microincision phacoemulsification: transition, techniques, and advantages -- BiMICS v. CoMICS: our actual technique (bimanual micro cataract surgery vs. coaxial micro cataract surgery) -- Endophthalmitis prevention -- Biaxial microincision phacoemulsification for difficult and challenging cases -- MICS in special cases: incomplete capsulorhexis -- MICS in special cases: vitreous loss -- How to deal with very hard and intumescent cataracts -- IOL types and implantation techniques: MICS intraocular lenses -- Implantation techniques -- Special lenses: toric posterior chamber intraocular lenses in cataract surgery and refractive lens exchange -- Special lenses: MF -- Special lenses: aspheric -- Intraocular lenses to restore and preserve vision following cataract surgery -- Microincision intraocular lenses: others -- Outcomes: safety: MICS versus coaxial phaco -- Control of corneal astigmatism and aberrations -- Corneal endothelium and other safety issues -- Incision quality in MICS. |