General Treatment Guidelines
52 General Treatment Guidelines Roger F. Steinert This chapter describes the key steps that I take for complication avoidance. Even so, complications do occur, so I also describe the less common…
Posterior-Segment Complications
22 Posterior-Segment Complications Matthew J. Welch, Leonard Joffe, William E. Smiddy, and Harry W. Flynn, Jr. Cataract surgery is one of the most common performed operations in the United States and…
Management of Astigmatism with Peripheral Corneal Relaxing Incisions and Toric Intraocular Lenses
43 Management of Astigmatism with Peripheral Corneal Relaxing Incisions and Toric Intraocular Lenses Jonathan B. Rubenstein The goal of modern cataract surgery has been evolving over the past few years aided…
Complications of Ophthalmic Anesthesia
1 Complications of Ophthalmic Anesthesia Kenneth J. Rosenthal Complications of regional and topical anesthesia for ophthalmic surgery have become increasingly rare, which can be attributed to our improved understanding of anatomy…
Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome
23 Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome Steven H. Dewey Board certification may be a nuisance, but some of the board questions surprisingly pop up in your everyday practice. Take this question, which…
Cortically Mature Lens: White Cataract
14 Cortically Mature Lens: White Cataract Brock K. Bakewell Cataract surgery performed for a cortically mature lens can be challenging even in the hands of an experienced surgeon. Therefore, having an…
Pathology of Complicated Phacoemulsification
42 Pathology of Complicated Phacoemulsification Liliana Werner The Intermountain Ocular Research Center at the John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT), codirected by Nick Mamalis and…
Corneoscleral Pocket (Hoffman Pocket)
28 Corneoscleral Pocket (Hoffman Pocket) Richard S. Hoffman, Annette Chang Sims, and I. Howard Fine Scleral fixation of intraocular lenses, adjunctive capsular support devices, and intraocular tissues has traditionally been accomplished…
Angle-Supported Intraocular Lenses
40 Angle-Supported Intraocular Lenses Manus C. Kraff On November 29, 1949, Sir Harold Ridley implanted the first intraocular lens (IOL) in London, England. In the following years, the first early adapting…
Capsular Tension Devices
26 Capsular Tension Devices Charles H. Weber and Robert J. Cionni The success of cataract surgery may be uncertain when it is threatened by the presence of zonular weakness, which increases…
