Overview
- Provides a practical overview of state-of-the-art lens surgery from key opinion leaders in the field
- Clearly explains surgical techniques, preliminary and follow-up examinations, complication management and medication
- Includes numerous standard lenses and special lenses with their unique features and areas of application
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This book summarizes the current knowledge on lens surgery. Not only are the surgical procedures described in detail, but experts share with the reader many useful practical tips for individual surgical steps to achieve the best possible surgical result. In addition to the focus on surgery, pre- and post-operative care and complication management is also discussed in detail and a systematic review of the current literature is provided. Clear and concisely written chapters highlight topics such as the use of special lenses, femto-laser lens surgery, secondary lens implantation and phakic lens surgery throughout the book.
Cataract and Lens Surgery offers a practical resource for ophthalmologists who perform lens surgery in their daily clinical practice. Clinicians navigating the different types of lens preparations and properties for routine to complex procedures will find this book to be an essential guide.
Cataract and Lens Surgery offers a practical resource for ophthalmologists who perform lens surgery in their daily clinical practice. Clinicians navigating the different types of lens preparations and properties for routine to complex procedures will find this book to be an essential guide.
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Table of contents (100 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Examination
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Front Matter
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr Mehdi Shajari is Head of Lens Surgery and works as an Ophthalmic Surgeon at the University Hospital Munich and Frankfurt. He is committee member at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and head of the German Ophthalmic Association Youth Division.
Professor Priglinger is the Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University Hospital in Munich and board member at the European Board of Ophthalmology as well as Editor of the Journal “Klinische Monatsblätter Augenheilkunde”.
Professor Kohnen is the Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University Hospital in Frankfurt, board member at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery as well as Editor of the “Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery”.
Dr Kreutzer is Head of Surgical Unit and Lead Surgeon at the Department of Ophthalmology at the University Hospital in Munich.
Professor Mayer is Deputy Director of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University Hospital in Munich, committee member at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and Section Editor of the Journal “Klinische Monatsblätter Augenheilkunde”.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cataract and Lens Surgery
Editors: Mehdi Shajari, Siegfried Priglinger, Thomas Kohnen, Thomas C. Kreutzer, Wolfgang J. Mayer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05394-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-05393-1Published: 18 May 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-05396-2Published: 18 May 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-05394-8Published: 17 May 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 843
Number of Illustrations: 28 b/w illustrations, 231 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ophthalmology