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The New Report on Cataract Surgery
VOL. 70, NO. 3
BOOK REVIEWS
per concerns the molecular basis of vision, Hartline discusses the inhibitory interactions within the retina, and Brown presents a complete exposition of the components and origins of the various parts of the electroretinogram. The concluding section of the book con cerns the topography of the retina, the retinal blood supply and Harrington's paper on vis ual field defects of retinal origin, and in cludes clinical papers on visual acuity, adap tation studies, electrophysiology, electrooculography and the character of acquired color vision defects. The book is a valuable reference work and has a place in the library of every ophthal mologist. It contains an immense quantity of information which is not readily available elsewhere in a single volume. Robert W. Hollenhorst
T H E N E W REPORT ON CATARACT SURGERY.
Proceedings of the First Biennial Cataract Surgical Congress, Miami Beach, Florida. Edited by Robert C. Welsh and Judith Welsh. Miami, Miami Educational Press, 1969. Price: $30.25. Early in 1969, the first biennial cataract surgical congress was held in Miami Beach, Florida. This book is the result of a conden sation of the some 30 hours of tape tran scription. The major topics include manage ment of the vitreous, wound incision and closure, late flat anterior chamber, corneal complications, cataract extraction in eyes with glaucoma, postoperative uveitis, preop erative examination, and aspiration of lenses. The material was not reviewed by the panelists, and the editors ask indulgence for some of the unorthodox grammatical struc ture. The informality at times affects the spelling which may be disconcerting to some readers. However, the material is presented in an interesting manner and affords an up-to-theminute review of current topics in cataract
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extraction. The major points discussed in clude osmotic therapy (preoperative osmotic therapy rather than acetazolamide [Diamox] if anything is used) ; the desirability of an immobile eye following akinesia; the use of ocular massage for five minutes rather than two; postoperative vitreous syndromes; evi dence that more wound fistulas develop with use of 8-0 silk than 7-0 silk; the trend to ward the use of nonabsorbable sutures which are not removed postoperatively ; the in creasing use of keratome and scissors inci sions rather than Graefe knife incisions ; ex traction of monocular cataracts with postop erative optical corrections with contact lenses ; a preference for round pupil with an iridotomy rather than peripheral iridectomy ; a preference for a cryoprobe rather than erisophake or forceps; an estimate of 300,000 cataract extractions in the United States in 1968 ; a trend toward the combination of fil tration procedures and cataract extractions in patients with glaucoma (certainly a topic requiring controlled studies) ; and aspiration of cataracts up to the age of 35 years. As this list of topics indicates, the discus sions were lively, and cataract surgeons in particular will be interested in the different views presented. Frank W. Newell
PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST SOUTH AFRI CAN INTERNATIONAL OPHTHALMOLOGI-
CAL SYMPOSIUM. Edited by Maurice H. Luntz. New York, Appleton-CenturyCrofts, 1970. Clothbound, 374 pages, sub ject and author index, illustrations. Price: $23.50. The First South African International Ophthalmological Symposium was held in September, 1968, in Johannesburg. A wide diversity of subjects appealing to most oph thalmologists was chosen by the planners of the symposium and an impressive group of well-known international figures in ophthal mology was selected as moderators, speak ers, and panelists. The proceedings, a natural
BOOK REVIEWS
per concerns the molecular basis of vision, Hartline discusses the inhibitory interactions within the retina, and Brown presents a complete exposition of the components and origins of the various parts of the electroretinogram. The concluding section of the book con cerns the topography of the retina, the retinal blood supply and Harrington's paper on vis ual field defects of retinal origin, and in cludes clinical papers on visual acuity, adap tation studies, electrophysiology, electrooculography and the character of acquired color vision defects. The book is a valuable reference work and has a place in the library of every ophthal mologist. It contains an immense quantity of information which is not readily available elsewhere in a single volume. Robert W. Hollenhorst
T H E N E W REPORT ON CATARACT SURGERY.
Proceedings of the First Biennial Cataract Surgical Congress, Miami Beach, Florida. Edited by Robert C. Welsh and Judith Welsh. Miami, Miami Educational Press, 1969. Price: $30.25. Early in 1969, the first biennial cataract surgical congress was held in Miami Beach, Florida. This book is the result of a conden sation of the some 30 hours of tape tran scription. The major topics include manage ment of the vitreous, wound incision and closure, late flat anterior chamber, corneal complications, cataract extraction in eyes with glaucoma, postoperative uveitis, preop erative examination, and aspiration of lenses. The material was not reviewed by the panelists, and the editors ask indulgence for some of the unorthodox grammatical struc ture. The informality at times affects the spelling which may be disconcerting to some readers. However, the material is presented in an interesting manner and affords an up-to-theminute review of current topics in cataract
445
extraction. The major points discussed in clude osmotic therapy (preoperative osmotic therapy rather than acetazolamide [Diamox] if anything is used) ; the desirability of an immobile eye following akinesia; the use of ocular massage for five minutes rather than two; postoperative vitreous syndromes; evi dence that more wound fistulas develop with use of 8-0 silk than 7-0 silk; the trend to ward the use of nonabsorbable sutures which are not removed postoperatively ; the in creasing use of keratome and scissors inci sions rather than Graefe knife incisions ; ex traction of monocular cataracts with postop erative optical corrections with contact lenses ; a preference for round pupil with an iridotomy rather than peripheral iridectomy ; a preference for a cryoprobe rather than erisophake or forceps; an estimate of 300,000 cataract extractions in the United States in 1968 ; a trend toward the combination of fil tration procedures and cataract extractions in patients with glaucoma (certainly a topic requiring controlled studies) ; and aspiration of cataracts up to the age of 35 years. As this list of topics indicates, the discus sions were lively, and cataract surgeons in particular will be interested in the different views presented. Frank W. Newell
PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST SOUTH AFRI CAN INTERNATIONAL OPHTHALMOLOGI-
CAL SYMPOSIUM. Edited by Maurice H. Luntz. New York, Appleton-CenturyCrofts, 1970. Clothbound, 374 pages, sub ject and author index, illustrations. Price: $23.50. The First South African International Ophthalmological Symposium was held in September, 1968, in Johannesburg. A wide diversity of subjects appealing to most oph thalmologists was chosen by the planners of the symposium and an impressive group of well-known international figures in ophthal mology was selected as moderators, speak ers, and panelists. The proceedings, a natural