Lens Implantation

1. Front Matter

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2. History

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   Pages 1-15

3. The Classic Modern Lenses

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   Pages 17-28

4. Materials, Manufacture, and Sterilization

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   Pages 29-56

5. The Optics of Intraocular Lenses

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   Pages 57-95

6. Pre-, Per-, and Postoperative Management of Lens Implantation

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   Pages 97-149

7. Iris Supported Lenses

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   Pages 151-246

8. Iridocapsular and Capsular Supported Lenses

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   Pages 247-301

9. Angle Supported Lenses

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   Pages 303-355

10. Mixed Results and Comparative Studies

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    Pages 357-380

11. Secondary Lens Implantation

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    Pages 381-394

12. Lens Implantation in Children Traumatic and Infantile Cataracts

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    Pages 395-431

13. Lens Implantation and the Endothelium

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    Pages 433-465

14. Lens Implantation and Inflammatory Response and Glaucoma

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    Pages 467-501

15. Lens Implantation and Cystoid Macular Edema

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    Pages 503-518

16. Lens Implantation and Retinal Detachment

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    Pages 519-535

17. Guidelines

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    Pages 537-545

18. Back Matter

    Pages 547-600

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The authors of this book are busy practical men with no particular barrow to push. The text of the book includes a comprehensive review of all aspects of intraocular lens surgery including details of the design, optics chem­ istry and sterilization of intraocular lenses. Its value is enhanced by excellent illustrations and extensive tabulated references to the litera­ ture. Accounts of patient acceptability are balanced against candid discus­ sion of complications and their management. The historical introduction recalls that in the early stages of develop­ ment of the art, over a period of 10 years, two dozen different lens designs were proposed, most claiming elimination of problems which had arisen with their predecessors. Eventually nearly all disappeared from the scene. In an age where every cataract surgeon has to determine a personal position on intraocular lens implantation the author's reflections on these matters are timely. Intraocular lenses are neither a miracle nor a menace, provided that personal decisions and preferences are carefully thought through and put into practice upon the basis of known facts and not upon the basis of fickle fashion and fad. This book provides a background upon which the reader can eva­ luate in his own mind the validity of information provided by the manufacturers of various lens designs.

• biometrics
• eye
• glaucoma
• optics
• pathogenesis
• retina
• uveitis

`Much of the information in this book could be obtained only by much library research and it is very useful to have it presented so concisely.'
Ophthalmologica

• Department of Ophthalmology, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

  P. Leonard, J. Rommel

• Department of Ophthalmology, University of Leuven, Belgium

  P. Leonard, J. Rommel

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