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Cataract Surgery

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This chapter deals with complex cataract surgery, which are also known as challenging cases. For the novice surgeon to become proficient requires graded challenge, adequate time allocated, and supervision from a trainer or mentor. The chapter gives the book knowledge necessary for this progression, and serves as a reminder to master cataract surgeons when dealing with or teaching small pupil surgery, floppy iris, intumescent, dense or soft nuclei, zonular weakness, corneal endothelial weakness, vitreous loss and so on. The authors hope the contents of this chapter, along with reflection, will promote surgical safety, efficiency and proficiency in the operating theatre.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

    Ahmed Shalaby Bardan

  2. Sussex Eye Hospital, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK

    Ahmed Shalaby Bardan, Rawya Abdelhadi Diab & Christopher Liu

  3. Northampton General Hospital, Northampton, UK

    Riddhi Thaker

  4. Sudan Eye Centre, Khartoum, Sudan

    Rawya Abdelhadi Diab

  5. Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Vincenzo Maurino

  6. Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK

    Christopher Liu

  7. Tongdean Eye Clinic, London, UK

    Christopher Liu

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Bardan, A.S., Thaker, R., Diab, R.A., Maurino, V., Liu, C. (2021). Challenging Cases. In: Liu, C., Shalaby Bardan, A. (eds) Cataract Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38234-6_9

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