Essential Principles of Phacoemulsification Pascal W Hasler
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1Essential Principles of Phacoemulsification
Editor Pascal W. Hasler, MD
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Essential Principles of Phacoemulsification
Pascal W. Hasler, MD
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EDITOR Pascal W. Hasler, MD Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology (FEBO) Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland 4FOREWORD
First you have to know that I am a vitreoretinal surgeon and I was really disappointed about my cataract surgery skills. I decided to change that and found an excellent and very experienced cataract surgeon and teacher from India, Nirav Patel. The initial idea was to put down in writing the knowledge of Dr. Nirav Patel, in order to remember all the important steps of phacoemulsification cataract surgery during my time as a fellow at the “Advanced Eye Care Clinic” in Vadodara, India. After coming back to Switzerland I started to draw important steps and pitfalls of the procedure in order to visualize the topic. Dr. Patel showed the first draft to his trainees and he realized how they improved faster. It finally reached the size of the handbook that you have in your hands now.
The question rises- why should there be another book on cataract surgery? Well, this handbook is quite different than most of the other ones. There are a lot of practical tips and tricks a cataract surgeon beginner as well as a more experienced cataract surgeon can benefit from. The idea was to make the topic straight forward and not to oversize the content with information which is not of any practical use. Most of the information taken for this handbook has been given by Dr. Nirav Patel. Besides, I was able to compile additional information on cataract surgery from other books, DVD's and homepages which helped me to write this book. You will find the list of the references at the end of the book.
The sentences are short and concise and may sometimes sound even like a command. Some of this information is very important, so I repeat it several times in order not to be forgotten. Dr. Patel and I decided to offer this handbook to all fellows at the “Advanced Eye Care Clinic” as a help and a guide for phacoennulsification surgery. I really hope it will help you to improve your skills!
I want to thank Nirav Patel, MD who helped me to become a better cataract surgeon and Frank Sens, who arranged the contact with him. I do also want to thank my surgical teachers Christian Prünte, Joergen Villumsen, Ole Mark Jensen, Sebastian Wolf, Selim Orgül, Ulrike Schneider and Jürg Messerli. I want to thank also Josef Flammer for the support of this advanced cataract surgery training in India. Last but not least I dedicate the book to my family, my wife Deborah and my children Sven and Mira.
Pascal W. Hasler, MD