Contents

VOLUME I

Section I: Cataract and Preoperative Evaluation

1.

Cataract Etiology

3

2.

David Meyer, Paul Liebenberg

52

Biochemistry of the Lens

3.

Ashok Garg

64

History of Phacoemulsification

4.

Charles D Kelman

75

Biometry

5.

Sunita Agarwal

85

IOL Power Calculation After Corneal Refractive Surgery

6.

Jairo E Hoyos, Melania Cigales, J Hoyos-Chacón

97

IOL Master for Determining the IOL Power at the Time of Surgery

7.

Hampton Roy, Warren E Hill

101

Corneal Topography in Cataract Surgery

Athiya Agarwal, Sunita Agarwal, Amar Agarwal, Nilesh Kanjani

Section II: Instrumentation and Medication

8.

The Phaco Machine: How It Acts and Reacts

116

9.

William J Fishkind

134

The Fluidics and Physics of Phaco

10.

Barry S Seibel

149

Air Pump to Prevent Surge

11.

Sunita Agarwal, Amar Agarwal, Athiya Agarwal

154

Microseal and Other Phaco Tips

12.

Hampton Roy

158

Sterilization

13.

Sunita Agarwal

203

Local Anesthetic Agents

Ashok Garg

14.

Anesthesia in Cataract Surgery

219

15.

Ashok Garg

241

Mydriatics and Cycloplegics

Ashok Garg

251

16.

Update on Ophthalmic Viscosurgical Devices

Suresh K Pandey, Jaya Thakur, Liliana Werner, Andrea M Izak, David J

Apple

Section III: Phaco Steps

17.

The Dynamics of Sutureless Cataract Incisions

280

18.

Samuel L Pallin

288

Incisions

Luis W Lu, Alejandro Espaillat, Ana Claudia Arenas, Francisco Contreras-

19.

Campos

296

Capsulorhexis

20.

Tobias Neuhann

310

Hydrodissection and Hydrodelineation

I Howard Fine, Mark Packer, Richard S Hoffman

Section IV: Phaco Techniques

21.

Divide and Conquer Nucleofractis Techniques

320

22.

Howard V Gimbel, Ellen Anderson Penno

343

Single Instrument Phacoemulsification through a Clear Corneal

Microincision

23.

Robert M Kershner

351

The Use of Power Modulations in Phacoemulsification of Cataracts:

The Choo Choo Chop and Flip Phacoemulsification Technique

24.

I Howard Fine, Mark Packer, Richard S Hoffman

360

Lens Quake Phaco

25.

Jack A Singer

366

Supracapsular Phacoemulsification

26.

Aamir Asrar

396

New Non-laser Phacoemulsification Technologies

I Howard Fine, Mark Packer, Richard S Hoffman

Section V: No Anesthesia Cataract Surgery

27.

No Anesthesia Cataract Surgery with the Karate Chop Technique

405

Athiya Agarwal, Sunita Agarwal, Amar Agarwal

28.

No Anesthesia Cataract Surgery

420

29.

Tobias Neuhann

428

No Anesthesia Cataract Surgery: Comparison Between Topical,

Intracameral and No Anesthesia

30.

Suresh K Pandey, Liliana Werner, Amar Agarwal

442

Ocular Anesthesia for Small Incision Cataract Surgery

Samuel Masket

Section VI: Phakonit

31.

Phakonit

450

32.

Amar Agarwal, Athiya Agarwal, Sunita Agarwal

470

Microphaco: Concerns and Opportunities

33.

Randall J Olson

480

Ultrasmall Incision Bimanual Phaco Surgery and Foldable IOL

Hiroshi Tsuneoka

498

34.

Corneal Topography in Phakonit with a 5 mm Optic Rollable IOL

35.

Amar Agarwal, Soosan Jacob, Athiya Agarwal, Sunita Agarwal

506

Phakonit with the Acritec IOL

Amar Agarwal

Section VII: Laser Cataract Surgery

36.

Laser Phaco Cataract Surgery

521

Sunita Agarwal, J Agarwal, T Agarwal

533

37.

Erbium-YAG Laser Cataract Surgery

Demetrio Pita-Salorio, Guillermo L Simón Castellvi, Jesús Costa-Vila,

38.

Marc Canals-Imhor, JR Fontenla, J Laiseca

559

Cataract Surgery with Dodick Laser Photolysis

Jorge L Alio, Valerio De Iorio