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[Surgery of senile cataract; technical suggestions (author's transl)]. 1980

R Jebejian

This study is intended in particular for the isolated specialist complied to practice cataract surgery with limited means. The author proposes his solutions to a series of problems encountered in the course of his long career. The plea for local anesthesia is followed by a paragraph on "potentialized akinesia", a method conceived by the author, resulting in a perfect orbicular relaxation. The following paragraphs deal in turn with matters of lighting, means of magnification, pre-operative hypotony, incidents of shock, phimosis of the conjunctival sac and the different steps of the operation proper with the manyfold problems they arouse and the practical solution for each.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007429	Intraocular Pressure	The pressure of the fluids in the eye.	Ocular Tension,Intraocular Pressures,Ocular Tensions,Pressure, Intraocular,Pressures, Intraocular,Tension, Ocular,Tensions, Ocular
D007431	Intraoperative Complications	Complications that affect patients during surgery. They may or may not be associated with the disease for which the surgery is done, or within the same surgical procedure.	Peroperative Complications,Surgical Injuries,Complication, Intraoperative,Complication, Peroperative,Injuries, Surgical,Complications, Intraoperative,Complications, Peroperative,Injury, Surgical,Intraoperative Complication,Peroperative Complication,Surgical Injury
D008029	Lighting	The illumination of an environment and the arrangement of lights to achieve an effect or optimal visibility. Its application is in domestic or in public settings and in medical and non-medical environments.	Illumination
D008866	Microsurgery	The performance of surgical procedures with the aid of a microscope.
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D002387	Cataract Extraction	The removal of a cataractous CRYSTALLINE LENS from the eye.	Enzymatic Zonulolysis,Phakectomy,Cataract Extractions,Enzymatic Zonulolyses,Extraction, Cataract,Extractions, Cataract,Phakectomies,Zonulolyses, Enzymatic,Zonulolysis, Enzymatic
D003473	Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents	Drugs that interrupt transmission at the skeletal neuromuscular junction without causing depolarization of the motor end plate. They prevent acetylcholine from triggering muscle contraction and are used as muscle relaxants during electroshock treatments, in convulsive states, and as anesthesia adjuvants.	Curare-Like Agents,Curariform Drugs,Muscle Relaxants, Non-Depolarizing,Neuromuscular Blocking Agents, Competitive,Nondepolarizing Blockers,Agents, Curare-Like,Agents, Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing,Blockers, Nondepolarizing,Curare Like Agents,Drugs, Curariform,Muscle Relaxants, Non Depolarizing,Non-Depolarizing Muscle Relaxants,Nondepolarizing Agents, Neuromuscular
D005143	Eyelids	Each of the upper and lower folds of SKIN which cover the EYE when closed.	Eyelid
D005901	Glaucoma	An ocular disease, occurring in many forms, having as its primary characteristics an unstable or a sustained increase in the intraocular pressure which the eye cannot withstand without damage to its structure or impairment of its function. The consequences of the increased pressure may be manifested in a variety of symptoms, depending upon type and severity, such as excavation of the optic disk, hardness of the eyeball, corneal anesthesia, reduced visual acuity, seeing of colored halos around lights, disturbed dark adaptation, visual field defects, and headaches. (Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)	Glaucomas
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man