1st Edition

Lessons in Cataract Surgery

By Zaid Shalchi Copyright 2027
192 Pages 79 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

192 Pages 79 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Cataract surgery is the most common operation globally, but training in cataract surgery can be haphazard and inconsistent. Lessons in Cataract Surgery is for Ophthalmology residents starting their journey in cataract surgery. The book is a step-by-step guide in consenting patients for surgery, preparing them correctly in the anaesthetic room then operating. The procedure is detailed... Read more

1. Patient preparation

2. Patient and surgeon positioning

3. Anaesthetic and draping

4. Incisions

5. Capsulorhexis

6. Hydrodissection

7. Nucleus disassembly

8. Cortex removal

9. Intraocular lens implantation

10. Phacodynamics made simple

11. Aspheric intraocular lenses

12. Fifteen pearls for managing vitreous loss

13. Capsular tension rings

14. Patients who cannot cooperate

15. Cataract surgery in diabetes

16. Cataract surgery in uveitis

17. Endophthalmitis

18. Pseudophakic macular oedema

19. Never events

Biography

Mr Zaid Shalchi is a consultant at the King Edward VII Hospital (Windsor) and Royal Berkshire Hospital (Reading). He was previously honorary consultant at Moorfields Eye Hospital. He specialises in cataract surgery, medical retina and uveitis.

Mr Shalchi graduated from Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine in 2007 and trained in ophthalmology at St Thomas' and King's College Hospitals before undertaking fellowship training in medical retina, uveitis and complex cataract surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital. He is member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) and a fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (FRCOphth).

Mr Shalchi has performed research across the world which has been published in acclaimed peer-reviewed journals. He is a keen teacher and trains ophthalmologists at an international level at the European Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) as well as the European Society for Retina Specialists (Euretina).