Cataract Surgery
Cataract Surgery is a scholarly work, published in 1959 in ''British Journal of Ophthalmology''. The main subjects of the publication include ophthalmology, surgery, cataract surgery, medicine, and optometry. EXTRACTION of the opaque intra-ocular lens has always been a favourite and important eye operation.The dexterity and the instruments needed for the removal of the cataractous lens have attracted the interest of ophthalmologists and have called forth a vast literature on the various methods of miraculously restoring the power of sight to the blind.'Operating Chair.-One of the fundamental conditions for a successful operation is the dexterity and steadiness of the surgeon, and it is essential that his hands and forearms be supported while he works.The surgeon should be seated at the head of the operating table.He should sit comfortably, with a good back support, and his elbows and forearms should be supported by an arm rest, firmly fixed to the chair.This arm rest should be covered with a sterile cloth.The patient should be placed ..e... so that his eye is in a convenient working position for the surgeon's hands, and also within normal working distance from the surgeon's eyes.The surgeon should not have to bend his head or neck awkwardly in order to _ see well.At the Barraquer Clinic, a special chair is used, with arm and back rests formed in one piece.Below this is another support for the assistant's arm, should it be necessary for him to cross thearm ofthe surgeon.The upper support is thus inter- posed between the arm of the assistant and that of the surgeon and, in this way, the one is prevented from disturbing the other's move-FIG.Ia.-Barraquer operating chair, with arm rests for the ments (Fig. la).surgeon and the assistants, all made in one piece.There are seats for both surgeon and assistants, and a foot rest which includes spaces to receive the wheels of the stretcher-table.