Phacoemulsification. / Volume I

606 Pages·2004·7.05 MB·English

by  Sunita Agarwal

Phacoemulsification

Phacoemulsification
3rd Edition
Edited by
Sunita Agarwal MS FSVH DO
Athiya Agarwal MD DO
Amar Agarwal MS FRCS FRCOphth
All of Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital, Chennai, India
Associate Editors
I Howard Fine MD FACS
Oregon Eye Surgery Center, Eugene OR, USA
Mahipal Singh Sachdev MD
New Delhi Centre for Sight, New Delhi, India
Keiki R Mehta MD
Mehta International Eye Institute, Mumbai, India
Suresh K Pandey MD
Center for Research on Ocular Therapeutics and Biodevices, Storm Eye Institute, Charleston NC, USA
Foreword by
Robert H Osher MD
Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati OH, USA
Volume I

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Contributors
A Beléndez MD
Spain
A Fimia MD
Universidad de Murcia
Murcia, Spain
Aamir Asrar MD
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
Amanat Eye Hospital
Pakistan
Abhay R Vasavada MS FRCS
Raghudeep Eye Clinic
Near Shreeji Complex
Opp. Gurukul Road, Memnagar
Ahmedabad-380 052, India
Alejandro Espaillat MD
ELK County Eye Clinic
765 Johnsonburg Road, St Marys
PA 15857, United States
Amar Agarwal MS FRCS FRCOphth
Consultant
Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital
19 Cathedral Road
Chennai-600 086, India
15 Eagle Street, Langford Town
Bangalore, India
Ana Claudia Arenas MD

Calle 104#46 A 10
Casa 9, Santa Fe De Bogota 8
Colombia
Andrea M Izak MD
40 Bee St#323
Charleston SC 29403
United States
Angel Saiz MD
Department of Ophthalmology
Hospital De Galdakao
Galdakao, Vizcaya, Spain
Anthony Maloof MD
Westmead Hospital
Hawkesbury Road
Westmead, NSW 2145
Australia
Asha B MS
Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital
15 Eagle Street
Bangalore 560 025, India
Ashok Garg MS PhD
Garg Eye Hospital
235, Model Town
Dabra Chowk
Hisar, Haryana, India
AT Gasch MD
Department of Health and
Human Services
Bethesda, USA
Athiya Agarwal MD DO FRSH
Consultant
Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital
19 Cathedral Road
Chennai-600 086, India
15 Eagle Street, Langford Town
Bangalore, India
Augusto Cezar Lacava MD
Brazil
Barry S Seibel MD
1515 Vermon Avenue
7th Floor, Station C
USA Los Angeles, California
USA
C González MD
Universidad de Murcia
Murcia, Spain
Carlos Cortes-Valdes MD
Chairman
Professor of Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology
Hospital General Universitario
Gregorio Maranon
Madrid
Spain-Europe
C Leon
1A Calle 30–80 Zona 7 Utalan I
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Charles D Kelman MD
The Eye Centre, 220 Madison
Avenue at 37th Street, New York
NY 10016, USA
Chi-Chao Chan MD
National Institute of Health
Building 10, Room 10N/206
Bethesda, MD 20892
United States
Clement K Chan MD
Southern California Desert Retina
Consultants, PO Box 2467
Palm Springs CA 92263
USA
Cyres Mehta
Mehta International Eye Institute
Sea Side, 147 Colaba Road
Mumbai-400 005, India
D Aron-Rosa
France
D Bremond Gignac MD
France
David J Apple MD
Centre for Research on Ocular
Therapeutics and Biodevices
Storm Eye Institute
Charleston
USA
David Meyer MD
Faculty of Medicine
Department of Ophthalmology
Cape Town
South Africa
Demetrio Pita-Salorio MD
Professor and Head
Department of Ophthalmology and
Ocular Morphology Unit
University of Barcelona
Spain