Amazon.com description: Product Description: This volume provides a comprehensive appraisal of the function and structure of the normal lens and the treatment of the cataractous lens. The biophysics, physiology, and biochemistry of the lens are fully elucidated, and the surgical correction of cataracts is discussed, covering technique, intra- and post-operative complications, and results. Among the topics focused on are are the decision to operate, optic correction and aphakia, opacification of the posterior capsule, epithelial invasion of the anterior chamber, haemorrhage and lens extraction.