BookCourtney L. Kraus, editor.
Summary: Pediatric Cataract Surgery and IOL Implantation: A Case Based Guide is a must-have resource for ophthalmologists, surgeons, residents, and fellows who work with pediatric cataracts and their surgical management as well as ancillary readers such as parents or supportive caregivers to a child with cataracts. This book offers a comprehensive overview of the epidemiology of pediatric cataract surgery and IOL considerations and implantation. It addresses pre-operative considerations and examinations as well as surgical steps and techniques for various pediatric cataract conditions. Chapters begin with an introduction and are followed by discussions that offer countering viewpoints and case studies. In addition, chapters illustrate the complexity of the management of pediatric lens opacities. The book closes with a case-based approach to special considerations in IOL implantation: including considerations in the uveaitic patient, placement without capsular support, and cataract surgery in the developing world. Providing thoughtful chapters that seek to expand on the currently available literature without redundancy, this book a solid companion piece to any other text discussing pediatric cataracts.
Contents:
Part 1: Approach to Lens opacities
Cataract epidemiology & genetics
Non-visually significant cataracts
Unilateral congenital cataracts
Bilateral congenital cataracts
Secondary/Acquired cataracts
Pre-operative examination
Pre-operative counseling
Part 2: Surgery
Surgical steps
Calculation of IOL power
Post-operative care
Part 3: Correcting Surgically-Induced Aphakia
Contact Lenses
Aphakic glasses
Part 4: Correcting Surgically-Induced Aphakia
Intraocular Lens Placement
Primary intraocular lens placement
Refractive targets
Multifocal and Accommodative IOLs
Polypseudophakia ("Piggyback IOLs")
Secondary intraocular lens placement
IOL exchange
Part 5: Correcting Surgically-Induced Aphakia
Special considerations in IOL implantation
IOL placement without capsular support
IOL placement in the setting of trauma
IOL placement in the uveitic patient
IOL placement in the setting of glaucoma
IOL placement in the abnormal anterior segment
IOL placement in developmentally delayed patients
Cataract surgery in the developing world.