The history of modern cataract surgery [electronic resource] / edited by Marvin L. Kwitko and Charle...
The history of modern cataract surgery [electronic resource] / edited by Marvin L. Kwitko and Charle...
The history of modern cataract surgery [electronic resource] / edited by Marvin L. Kwitko and Charles D. Kelman.
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The Hague, The Netherlands : Kugler, c1998.
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English
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1 online resource (281 p.)
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Foreword; PrefaceHistory of cataract surgery; The four eras in the evolution of cataract surgery; Intraocular lens implantationThe beginnings; Cataract surgery (1920-1960); Pseudophakia: Intracapsular or extracapsular technique?; History of the operating microscope; Anterior chamber intraocular impl...
Phacosection: The evolution of a manual small incision-no-stitchphacofragmentationcataract extraction techniqueInfantile cataract surgery - Evolution of modern techniques; The early use of lens implants in children; Secondary implantation; History of the picosecond YAG laser; The history of IOL powe...
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Publisher
The Hague, The Netherlands : Kugler, c1998.
Date Published
c1998.
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Summary
Surely the threat of blindness from whatever cause, is an event faced by an ever-growing segment of our aging population. However, when the cause was cataract formation, over the centuries a definite treatment evolved and became available to help those afflicted with this problem, from couching, through crude extra-capsular Graeffe knife extraction...
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The history of modern cataract surgery [electronic resource] / edited by Marvin L. Kwitko and Charles D. Kelman.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English
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c1998.
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74VKaV3VOPMg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaV3VOPMg
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ISBN
90-6299-831-3
DDC
617.742
MMS ID
991024413884302626
