Cataract surgery

The pathology of cataracts --
Surgical anatomy, biochemistry, pathogenesis, and classification of cataracts --
Preoperative evaluation of the patient with visually significant cataract --
Intraocular lens power calculation --
Intraocular lens power calculations after refractive surgery --
Ophthalmic viscosurgical devices: physical characteristics, clinical applications, and complications --
The phaco machine: the physical principles guiding its operation --
Retrobulbar and peribulbar anesthesia for cataract surgery --
Topical intracameral anesthesia --
Extracapsular cataract surgery: indications and techniques --
Small incision cataract surgery in underdeveloped countries --
Prophylactic preoperative preparation and operative measures for control of infection, inflammation and intraocular pressure --
Incision construction --
Capsulorrhexis --
Hydrodissection and hydrodelineation --
Principles of nuclear phacoemulsification --
Phaco chop --
Tilt and tumble phacoemulsification: coaxial and bimanual --
Biaxial phacoemulsification --
Microcoaxial phacoemulsification with torsional ultrasound. Phacoemulsification in the presence of a small pupil --
Combined cataract implant and filtering surgery --
Combined cataract extraction and corneal transplantation --
Control of astigmatism in the cataract patient --
Cataract surgery in uveitis patients --
Surgical management of pediatric cataracts and aphakia --
The intumescent cataract --
Dense brunescent cataract --
Capsule tension rings and segments --
Techniques and principles of surgical management for the traumatic cataract --
Iris repair --
High myopia --
Nanophthalmos, relative anterior microphthalmos, and axial hyperopia --
Cataract surgery in the presence of other ocular comorbidities --
The evolution of the intraocular lens --
Polymethylmethacrylate intraocular lenses --
Foldable intraocular lenses, edge design, and aspheric optics --
Presbyopia correcting intraocular lenses --
The correction of astigmatism during cataract surgery with toric intraocular lenses --
Intraocular lens spectral filtering --
Secondary intraocular lens implantation and stabilization --
Pathology of cataract surgery and intraocular lenses. Risk management in cataract surgery --
Intraoperative complications of phacoemulsification surgery --
Anterior vitrectomy techniques for the cataract surgeon --
Surgical repositioning and explanation of the intraocular lens --
Issues in wound management --
Toxic anterior segment syndrome --
Corneal edema after cataract surgery --
Glaucoma after cataract surgery --
Neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser posterior capsulotomy --
Neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser in the management of postoperative complications of cataract surgery --
Ingrowths --
Macular causes of poor postoperative vision: cystoid macular edema, epiretinal fibrosis, and age-related macular degeneration --
Postoperative endophthalmitis --
Management of postoperative complications: retinal detachment --
Prolonged intraocular inflammation --
Cataract surgery: future predictions.