Sutureless Cataract Surgery An Evolution Toward Minimally Invasive Technique

Gills, James P., Martin, Robert G., Sanders, Donald R (co-editors)

ISBN 10: 1556421982 / ISBN 13: 9781556421983

Published by Slack, Inc., Thorofare, New Jersey, 1992

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Signed on the half title page by Dr. James P. Gills as follows: "To ______ __________ James Gills." Number line in the work reads as follows: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Sutureless cataract surgery is made possible by a revolutionary new way of constructing the cataract incision, bringing a new understanding of how wound architecture has improved the integrity of the wound. Book issued without dust jacket. Volume taken out of shrinkwrap and placed in archival quality cover. As new, never read. Available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sutureless Cataract Surgery An Evolution Toward Minimally Invasive Technique
• Publisher: Slack, Inc., Thorofare, New Jersey
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556421982
• ISBN 13: 9781556421983
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition First Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: None
• Signed: Signed By Dr. James P Gills

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Synopsis

This timely book is an excellent review of the current procedures and thought in the ever-increasing thrust toward immediate recovery after cataract surgery. Sutureless Cataract Surgery is a collection of experiences by several well-known ophthalmic surgeons who are pioneering the techniques to bring the patient closer to the goal of immediate, comfortable, and complete emmetropia following cataract surgery.

The first half of the book describes the development of the field of minimally invasive cataract surgery, emphasizing the substantial reduction in the induced cylinder and the increase in the percentage of patients with an uncorrected visual acuity of 20/40 or better shortly after phacoemulsification cataract removal with self-sealing wound design. While most contributing surgeons favor 3- to 4-mm incisions, Leroy Bloomberg, MD, describes his 7-mm self-sealing incision. Interestingly, he reports less surgically induced astigmatism than the other contributing surgeons, who uniformly indicate greater amounts of induced cylinder with larger self-sealing incisions.