Cataract Surgery from Routine to Complex

Randall J. Olson, MD completed his undergraduate training and medical schooling at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City (BA 1970, MD 1973), his residency at UCLA in 1977 in ophthalmology, and fellowships in cornea at the University of Florida in Gainesville and at the LSU Eye Center in New Orleans, where he joined the faculty in 1977 as Director of Corneal Services. Dr. Olson started as division chief in June 1979 at the University of Utah and has been Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences ever since, including the building of 2 eye centers and expansion from one to almost 50 faculty members. He has authored more than 300 professional publications and is a worldwide lecturer. Dr. Olson specializes in research dealing with intraocular lens complications and anterior segment surgery of the eye. He was selected as one of the 15 top experts in the field of cataract surgery in the United States in a peer survey conducted by Ophthalmology Times, has appeared in the last 4 editions of Best Doctors in America, and has been in the last 2 Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today editions honoring the top 50 professional opinion leaders in the field of cataract and refractive surgery. George J. C. Jin, MD, PhD is the director of clinical research at Jones Eye Clinic, Sioux City, Iowa. He is an adjunct professor of ophthalmology at the Moran Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Jin earned his medical degree in China at Beijing University Medical School and completed his residency and PhD training at Peking Union Medical College and the Eye Research Center at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. As an associate professor at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Dr. Jin was the first in China to perform combined surgery of extracapsular cataract extraction with IOL implantation and trabeculectomy. He was also the first surgeon to introduce glaucoma laser surgery to China. After the completion of 2 postdoctorate fellowship programs at the Department of Ophthalmology at West Virginia University and Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of Miami University, he joined the Eye Institute of Utah in 1990. Dr. Jin has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers in major ophthalmic journals. He is a reviewer for numerous ophthalmic journals and has authored chapters in several ophthalmic textbooks. His research interests concentrate on refractive, cataract, and glaucoma surgeries. Iqbal Ike K. Ahmed, MD, FRCSC is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, where he also serves as the research fellowship director in the Department of Ophthalmology and as Director of the Glaucoma and Advanced Anterior Surgical Fellowship. He is also a clinical assistant professor at the University of Utah. Surgical management of glaucoma, the complex cataract, and management of cataract and intraocular lens complications are his areas of subspecialty expertise. Dr. Ahmed is actively involved in research and medical education at a national and international level. He has received many research grants and has designed diamond scalpels for glaucoma surgery; microsurgical instrumentation; and devices, implants, and techniques for the management of the dislocated cataract and glaucoma. Dr. Ahmed has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and has won many awards and honors for papers, posters, and videos. He has given more than 500 scientific presentations and lectures around the world. He has served as course director for numerous surgical courses and directed the Third International Congress on Glaucoma Surgery in Toronto in 2006. Dr. Ahmed sits on the editorial boards of Ophthalmology, the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and Techniques in Ophthalmology, among others, and he is a reviewer for numerous journals as well. Alan S. Crandall, MD graduated from the University of Utah, receiving his medical degree from the University of Utah Sc

DedicationAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsContributing AuthorPrefaceSection I PreoperativeChapter 1 Patient Counseling Randall J. Olson, MD Patient Education Patient Selection ExpectationsChapter 2 Preoperative Examination George J. C. Jin, MD, PhD Pupil Size Ocular Dominance Biometry Keratometry Corneal Topography Optical Coherence Tomography Preoperative Special Testing Chapter 3 Cataract Assessment and Grading Randall J. Olson, MD and George J. C. Jin, MD, PhD Cataract Assessment Cataract GradingChapter 4 Evaluation and Treatment of Lid Margin and Ocular Surface Diseases Randall J. Olson, MD and George J. C. Jin, MD, PhD Dry Eye Syndrome Blepharitis and Meibomian Gland Dysfunction Anterior Basement Membrane DystrophyChapter 5 Intraocular Lens Choice Robert J. Cionni, MD and George J. C. Jin, MD, PhD Monofocal: Aspheric Versus Spherical Intraocular Lenses Presbyopia-Correcting Intraocular Lenses: Multifocal and Accommodating Toric Intraocular Lenses Monovision Refractive Intraocular Lens SelectionChapter 6 Intraocular Lens Power Calculation in Primary Cataract Surgery George J. C. Jin, MD, PhD and Jason J. Jones, MD Intraocular Lens Power Calculation Formulas Personalized Constants Intraocular Lens Power for In-the-Bag and In-the-Ciliary Sulcus Placement Intraocular Lens Adjustment From the First Eye Outcome Intraocular Lens Power Calculation in Extreme Short and Long EyesChapter 7 Intraocular Lens Power Calculation After Corneal Refractive Surgery George J. C. Jin, MD, PhD and Jason J. Jones, MD Problems of Intraocular Lens Power Determination