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Phaco Nightmares

Feel competent and comfortable in the operating room, no matter what challenge comes your way with Phaco Nightmares: Conquering Cataract Catastrophes by your side.

Even the most experienced cataract surgeon can encounter stressful situations in the operating room. Be prepared to manage unavoidable complications with Phaco Nightmares: Conquering Cataract Catastrophes.

Dr. Amar Agarwal, along with more than 35 of today’s cataract-surgery leaders, explains virtually all there is to know about phacoemulsification in Phaco Nightmares.

The objective is to help cataract surgeons stay in control when facing unique and complicated surgical challenges.

• Subluxated cataracts
• Managing dislocated lens fragments
• Suprahard cataracts
• Posterior polar cataracts
• Intraoperative floppy iris syndrome
• Posterior capsular rupture
• Intraocular lens opacification
• Infectious endophthalmitis
• Miotic pupils.

Additionally, cutting edge information is included inside Phaco Nightmares on how to remove dropped endocapsular rings, nuclei or IOLs. This distinctive book and video CD-ROM will make its mark with everyone involved in cataract surgery, from the resident to the experienced phaco surgeon.
More than 300 illustrations and photographs supplement the important information presented, providing visual as well as textual references. Additional material and visual learning is achieved with an accompanying video CD-ROM with more than 45 minutes of live video that demonstrates many of the techniques discussed inside the pages of Phaco Nightmares.

Techniques on Video CD-ROM Include:
• Sub 1 mm Cataract Surgery
• Dropped IOLs
• Posterior Polar Cataract
• Subluxated Cataract
• Small Pupil
• Dislocated Lens Fragments