Cataract Surgery in Children with Anomalies of the Uvea
Congenital uveal abnormalities in the presence of pediatric cataracts include aniridia, iris coloboma, persistent pupillary membrane, and pupil deformation. Congenital uveal abnormalities are associated with gene mutations and are often accompanied by oth
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Pediatric Lens Diseases
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Pediatric Lens Diseases
Yizhi Liu Editor
Pediatric Lens Diseases
Editor Yizhi Liu State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
ISBN 978-981-10-2626-3 ISBN 978-981-10-2627-0 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-2627-0
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Foreword
Because of the prevalence of adult cataract and our focus on new surgical and IOL technologies, managing the pediatric patient remains the most neglected subject in the field of cataract surgery. As a group, these cases are the most difficult to manage – presenting the triple challenge of diagnosis, surgical removal, and postoperative treatment and rehabilitation. Unfortunately, precious little attention is devoted to this topic in residency training, in print, or on the podium. Pediatric Lens Diseases is a much needed new and comprehensive book on this important subject. It organizes and imparts the collective expertise of the dedicated pediatric cataract team at the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC) of Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China. Professor Yizhi Liu is the director of ZOC – one of the top academic ophthalmology departments in China – and also the chief editor of this book. Professor Liu is widely recognized as one of the top ophthalmic surgeons in the country and has been a global leader in the field of pediatric cataract. As the largest eye hospital in Southeast Asia, ZOC is a tertiary referral center serving an enormous population. After establishing China’s first Pediatric Cataract Center in 2011, Professor Liu and his team have now treated more than 2000 pediatric catara
