Presbyopia: Origins, Effects, and Treatment

Presbyopia: Origins, Effects, and Treatment
ISBN-10
1617110264
ISBN-13
9781617110269
Category
Medical
Pages
318
Language
English
Published
2012
Publisher
Slack
Authors
Ioannis Pallikaris, Sotiris Plainis, W. N. Charman

Description

This book takes a complex and common condition -- the aging eye -- and summarizes the current views on the optics and physiology of accommodation and the age-dependant changes that lead to presbyopia. This book discusses demographics and visual impairment due to the uncorrected condition and provides an overview of clinical aspects of presbyopia, including refraction techniques and its management with contact lenses, spectacles and a range of surgical approaches. Topic in this book are: Review of the accommodation system and its performance ; Effect of the passing years on accommodation, general optic characteristics, and neural performance ; Detailed reviews of various current and proposed methods for correcting presbyopia ; How assessment may be best carried out over years with a patient.

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