Your Operation - Cataracts

Part of the "Your Operation" series, this is a patient's guide to surgical procedures and hospitalization for cataracts, the commonest eye operation in England today.The book deals with all aspects of the development and treatment of cataracts.

It covers the different sorts of cataracts and how they develop, eye tests which may be done, self-help while awaiting surgery, the different surgical procedures and anaesthetic options, and how to recognize complications which may follow surgery.It has been written with the help of medical specialists, ophthalmic opticians and patients who have had the actual operations described.