Cataract - Detection, Measurement and Management in Optometric Practice

Cataract affects at least fifty million people worldwide. Conventional methods of correction have always been thick spectacles and surgery. With the current changes in the approach to cataract treatment, the optometrist's role in the early detection and management of cataract is crucial.

* Written specifically for optometrists by optometrists
* Essential background information is provided together with more detailed aspects of clinical management
* The book is well illustrated and fully up to date with the latest clinical and research findings

List of contents

Introduction; Biochemistry; Cataract types; Signs, symptoms and patient management; New techniques; Assessment of neural function behind cataract; The ophthalmologists point of view; Correction of aphakia by spectacle lenses, contact lenses, intraocular implants; The medical treatment of cataract.

Product details

• Authors: William A Douthwaite, Douthwaite William A., Mark A Hurst, Hurst Mark A.
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.12.1993
• EAN: 9780750603690
• ISBN: 978-0-7506-0369-0
• Weight: 500 g
• Illustrations: 39 ills., Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, MEDICAL / Optometry, Optometry / opticians