Cataract Surgery

This book summarizes the current state of knowledge in cataract surgery highlighting the advances in phacoemulsification technology, instrumentation, and surgical techniques which have improved efficacy and safety in recent years. The editors and a list of top international experts provide clear guidance on all steps of cataract surgery in a practical and easy-to-read format throughout the book. Preoperative evaluation and preparation, standard through to complex cases, and the management of complications are discussed in detail.

Cataract Surgery: Practice, Techniques and Innovation examines how to master advanced techniques, the latest innovations, and the research and development pipeline in the field. Clinicians seeking an expert guide will find this book to be an indispensable resource that comprehensively covers all aspects of cataract surgery.

Ashraf Armia is a consultant cornea, refractive, cataract, and anterior segment reconstruction eye surgeon at Al Watany Eye Hospital (WEH), Cairo, Egypt. He is the CEO of Ashraf Armia Eye Clinic, and CEO of Armia’s Ophthalmology Training Observer-ship Academy AOTOA, Cairo, Egypt. He is a founder member of the Global Education and Research Society of Ophthalmology GERSO and e shareholder of Al Watany Eye Hospital (WEH) and the Watany Research and Development Centre WRDC, Cairo, Egypt. He is a Fellow of The Royal College Of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and The American College of Surgeons in Ophthalmic Surgery. Dr. Armia is a reviewer for the JCRS journal and an Editorial Board Member of the EC Ophthalmology Journal. He has been chosen as the surgeon of the month worldwide by the International Society of Refractive Surgery ISRS, part of the American Academy of Ophthalmology AAO. Finally, he has been an international lecturer and speaker since 2013 at the ASCRS, ESCRS, AAO, and AECOS.

Otman Sandali is an ophthalmologist at the XV-XX National Ophthalmology Hospital in Paris and private practice in Bourges, France. He has published over fifty articles in ophthalmology. He has been a reviewer for many prestigious indexed journals, including Ophthalmology, Ocular Immunology and inflammation, Current eye research, Journal of Medical Case, Clinical Ophthalmology, Acta Ophtalmologica, and the European journal of ophthalmology. He was Guest Editor at the Journal of Clinical Medicine (Impact Factor = 4.242) and Frontiers in Medicine (Impact Factor = 4.468). Dr. Otman Sandali has co-organized Practical Ophthalmology Webinars since 2018 with a platform with more than 1,400 subscribers. Finally, Dr. Otman Sandali co-developed Staff Ophtalmo, the first collaborative application in ophthalmology.

Rachid Tahiri is an ophthalmologist at the Avranches Granville Hospital, France. He holds a License from the Medical Council of Canada and a European Board of Ophthalmology diploma. He has to his credit more than forty publications in imaging and innovation in ophthalmology. He has been a reviewer for many indexed journals, including IOVS, European J. of Ophthalmology, Ocular Immunology and inflammation, British Medical J. Case Reports, French Journal of Ophthalmology, Journal of Personalized Medicine, Ophthalmology and Eye Disease, Clinical Ophthalmology. He was Guest Editor at the Journal of Clinical Medicine (Impact Factor = 4.242) and Frontiers in Medicine (Impact Factor = 4.468). Dr. Tahiri has been co-organizing Practical Ophthalmology Webinars since 2018 with a platform with more than 1,400 subscribers. Finally, Dr. Rachid Tahiri co-developed Staff Ophtalmo, the first collaborative application in ophthalmology.