Eye Surgery

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVI

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2. Instruments and Their Use

   • Georg Eisner

   Pages 1-56

3. The Significance of the Pressure Chambers of the Eye

   • Georg Eisner

   Pages 57-66

4. Preparation of the Operative Field

   • Georg Eisner

   Pages 67-81

5. Operations on the Conjunctiva

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   Pages 83-92

6. Operations on the Cornea and Sclera

   • Georg Eisner

   Pages 93-128

7. Operations on the Iris

   • Georg Eisner

   Pages 129-146

8. Operations on the Lens

   • Georg Eisner

   Pages 147-169

9. Space-Tactical Procedures

   • Georg Eisner

   Pages 171-181

10. Combining Space-Tactical and Tissue-Tactical Procedures with Miniaturized Instruments

    • Georg Eisner

    Pages 183-189

11. Back Matter

    Pages 191-192

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The reactions to the German edition of this book have been most contradic­ tory. While some readers found the book absolutely unnecessary ("Surgery is learned from practice, not from theory"), others were enthusiastic (" Just the sort of book I have always needed "). In my opinion the divergent recep­ tion of the book is best explained by the comment of my friend, BALDER GLOOR *, who called the book a "grammar of eye surgery". Indeed there are people who can learn a language by practice alone, and there are others who do better by knowing its grammar. In learning by mere practice to be sure, proficiency will be long in coming, because it will be more difficult to recognize, and thus to correct, whatever errors are made, whereas a knowledge of grammar will reveal the basic structures and shorten the learning process. Similarly, surgery can be learned purely from practical experience. Yet the trial-and-error quest for experience is not compatible with the interests of the patient. A knowledge of "surgical grammar", on the other hand, not only shortens the time for learning but also helps us to compare different surgical techniques and to weigh thcir advantages and disadvantages. It is also helpful in developing new surgical methods, for the general rules of course, can always be applied to novel situations where experience, is lacking.

• Augenchirurgie
• Intraokulare Chirurgie
• Operative Technik
• anesthesia
• eye
• grammar
• hand
• implant
• language
• surgery
• surgical technique
• surgical techniques

• Universitäts-Augenklinik Bern, Schweiz

  Georg Eisner

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