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Minimizing Incisions and Maximizing Outcomes in Cataract Surgery

  • World-renowned opinion leaders present in this book up-to-date information on the new and fast-developing trends in cataract surgery, including all necessary information on the new MICS technology as well as on the new surgical technique
  • Reflects the state of the art of microincisional cataract surgery with the concept of minimizing incision
  • Lavishly illustrated with a reader-friendly structure, it offers all necessary information on the new technology as well as on the surgical technique
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (38 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction

    • I. Howard Fine, Jorge Alio, Mark Packer, Richard S. Hoffman, Peter Allan Karth
    Pages 1-4
  3. The Transition Towards Smaller and Smaller Incisions

    • James M. Osher, Robert H. Osher
    Pages 5-11
  4. Transitioning to Bimanual MICS

    • Rosa Braga-Mele
    Pages 11-13
  5. 0.7 mm Microincision Cataract Surgery

    • Jorge L. Alió, Amar Agarwal, Pawel Klonowski
    Pages 13-23
  6. MICS Instrumentation

    • Jorge L. Alió, Pawel Klonowski, Jose L. Rodriguez-Prats
    Pages 25-36
  7. Technology Available

    • Rupert Menapace, Silvio Di Nardo
    Pages 57-68
  8. How to Use Power Modulation in MICS

    • Randall J. Olson
    Pages 69-75
  9. MICS with Different Platforms

    • Arturo Pèrez-Arteaga
    Pages 75-83
  10. MICS with Different Platforms: Stellaris Vision Enhancement System

    • Mark Packer, I. Howard Fine, Richard S. Hoffman
    Pages 89-94
  11. Surgical Technique — How to Perform a Smooth Transition

    • Mark Packer, Jennifer H. Smith, I. Howard Fine, Richard S. Hoffman
    Pages 95-99
  12. Pupil Dilation and Preoperative Preparation

    • Mark Packer, I. Howard Fine, Richard S. Hoffman
    Pages 99-108
  13. Incisions

    • I. Howard Fine, Richard S. Hoffman, Mark Packer
    Pages 108-116
  14. Thermodynamics

    • Alessandro Franchini, Iacopo Franchini, Daniele Tognetto
    Pages 117-124
  15. Capsulorhexis

    • Mark Packer, I. Howard Fine, Richard S. Hoffman
    Pages 133-135
  16. Hydrodissection and Hydrodelineation

    • I. Howard Fine, Richard S. Hoffman, Mark Packer
    Pages 135-139

About this book

Many ophthalmologists are in the transition from the traditional cataract surgery technique to the new minimally incision cataract surgery (MICS) technique. They are in the need of updated information on how to make this transition smoothly. In this book, world-renowned opinion leaders present up-to-date information on the new and fast-developing trends in cataract surgery. It reflects the state of the art of microincisional cataract surgery with the concept of minimizing incision. It offers all necessary information on the new technology as well as on the surgical technique. Further, it demonstrates how to handle difficult cataract cases as well as new intraocular lenses.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, Department of Ophthalmology, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain

    Jorge L. Alió

  • Drs. Fine, Hoffman and Packer, Oregon Health & Science University, Eugene, USA

    I. Howard Fine

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Minimizing Incisions and Maximizing Outcomes in Cataract Surgery

  • Editors: Jorge L. Alió, I. Howard Fine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02862-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-02861-8Published: 30 November 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50184-9Published: 30 April 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-02862-5Published: 13 January 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 319

  • Topics: Ophthalmology

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eBook USD 84.99
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