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Publisher: MedRounds Publications, Inc.

Cataract Surgery for Greenhorns can be read here: http://www.medrounds.org/cataract-surgery-greenhorns/

Year Published: 2005

Download Size: Over 1 hour of video and published via HTML

Excerpt from Book:

This eBook is written for the young surgeon learning cataract surgery. I hope you have found this educational material useful during your training. This eBook is currently being expanded to discuss the topics presented here in detail. Good luck!

Thomas Oetting, MS, MD

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1) Assessment

• Classic Types of Cataract
• Evaluation of Patients with cataract
• Difficulty Factors

2) Preoperative

• Consent
• IOL Selection
• Adjusting the Operating Microscope

3) Surgery

• Anesthesia
• Cataract Surgery – Old School
• Phacoemulsification – Step by Step
• Phacoemulsification Machine Primer
• Ophthalmic Viscoelastic Devices (OVD)
• Capsular Staining

4) Postoperative

5) Managing Complications

6) Approaching the Unusual Cataract

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