Multifocal Intraocular Lenses: The Art and the Practice (Essentials in Ophthalmology) - Hardcover

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Jorge L. Alió, MD, PhD

Professor

VISSUM Corporation and Miguel Hernández University

Research & Development Department and Department of Cornea

Cataract, and Refractive Surgery

Alicante, Spain

Joseph Pikkel, MD

Professor MD

Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology

Assuta Samson Hospital, Ashdod

Israel and Ben Gurion University

School of Medicine

Beer-Sheba, Israel  

Jorge L. Alio del Barrio 

Medical Director, Vissum Miranza, Alicante, Spain

Associate Professor in Ophthalmology, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Alicante, Spain

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This comprehensive 3rd edition will build on the highly successful first and second edition, providing an updated global perspective of the fundamentals of multifocal intraocular lenses. The varying outcomes, limitations, and the neuroadaptation process necessary for an adequate clinical success are thoroughly discussed, along with an overview of the different types of multifocal lenses, including the recently developed extended depth of focus lenses.

Multifocal Intraocular Lenses: The Art and the Practice, 3rd edition opens with an introduction that will delve into current technological offerings for the correction of pseudophakic presbyopia, as well as the opportunity for refractive lens exchange in advanced presbyopic ages and the opportunity to use these lenses.  The first section will include the historical background and clinical indications, while section two addresses the varying types and models of lenses currently available, including important clinical and technological highlights. Section three will provide coverage on a new generation of intraocular presbyopic lenses, including the different models and evidence available about their outcomes. Section four will follow, and provide an extended look at phakic multifocal intraocular lenses. Section five will delve into accommodative intraocular lenses. 

Multifocal Intraocular Lenses: The Art and the Practice, 3rd edition is a thorough, resource for the practical ophthalmologist and ophthalmic surgeon interested in learning more about intraocular lenses, identifying the best technologies and lenses for the benefit of their patients.