Presbyopia: Origins, Effects, and Treatment

English | ISBN: 1617110264 | 2012 | 336 pages | PDF | 19 MB

Presbyopia: Origins, Effects, and Treatment takes a complex and common conditionthe aging eyeand summarizes the current views on the optics and physiology of accommodation and the age-dependant changes that lead to presbyopia.

Drs. Ioannis G. Pallikaris, Sotiris Plainis, and W. Neil Charman are joined by more than 50 world recognized contributors and present an up-to-date book that 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.