Pediatric cataract for every ophthalmologist / Siddharth Agrawal, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Agrawal, Siddharth, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cataract in children.

Cataract--Surgery.

Cataract.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The book covers all clinical aspects of pediatric cataract surgery. Chapters cover basic sciences, etiology, pre-operative evaluation, choice of intraocular lenses, steps of surgery, complications, considerations in traumatic cataract and post-operative rehabilitation. It includes photographs, diagrams, flow charts and tables for easy memorization and understanding. Multiple choice questions at the end of each chapter help to evaluate the understanding and reinforce important concepts. The book aims to encourage ophthalmic surgeons to successfully treat children with cataract as all of them perform adult cataract surgeries but usually avoid managing pediatric cases. This hesitation is primarily due to exhaustive pre-operative evaluation and long term follow up. As a result the back log of this disease in the developing world is significant and many such children are unable to receive timely intervention during their crucial period of visual development. The chapters primarily focus on the clinically relevant issues to keep the reader interested. The book includes contributions from some of the most talented and experienced pediatric cataract surgeons. The book is relevant for ophthalmologists not commonly practicing pediatric cataract surgery and post graduate students.

Contents:

The pediatric eye

Etiology (including genetics) of pediatric cataract

Pre-operative evaluation of pediatric cataract

Intraocular lenses in pediatric patients

Pediatric cataract surgery

Complications and subsequent procedures after cataract surgery in children

Considerations in traumatic cataract in children

Post-operative rehabilitation after cataract surgery in children.

Notes:

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 22, 2021).

ISBN:

9789811617362

9811617368

OCLC:

1256802840

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.