Cataract surgery in complicated cases / [edited by] Lucio Buratto, Robert H. Osher, Samuel Masket

Includes bibliographical references

-- Cataract surgery in the pediatric eye -- Congenital subluxation of the crystalline lens and the surgical treatment -- Posterior polar cataracts -- Intumescent cataract -- Rock hard cataract: the major challenge for phacoemulsification -- Phacoemulsification of the cataract in severe myopia -- Phacoemulsification in high hyperopia -- Cataract surgery and intraocular lens implantation in severe hyperopia -- Phacoemulsification in patients with significant astigmatism -- Cataract surgery following refractive corneal surgery -- Cataract surgery following phakic IOL implantation -- Cataract surgery complicated by the miotic pupil -- Combined cataract and glaucoma surgery -- Phacoemulsification in glaucomatous eyes -- Cataract surgery in patients with uveitis -- Management of cataract in the diabetic patient -- Surgical treatment of traumatic cataract -- Cataract in the event of aniridia or large iridectomy: the use of intracapsular rings -- Combined cataract extraction and corneal transplantation -- Influence and role of vitreoretinal surgery on catarct surgery -- Iris surgery during cataract surgery -- Complications -- Vitreoretinal complications of cataract surgery -- Complications of foldable intraocular lenses -- Primary and secondary intraocular lens implants in the posterior chamber in eyes with no capsular support -- Postoperative proliferation of anterior and equatorial lens epithelial cells -- Surgical steps in regular cataract surgery