AK Khurana, Chief Editor of MSO Series, and the author of this volume, is currently Senior Professor and Head, Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, PGIMS, University of Health Sciences, Rohtak. Cataract surgery is his passion in addition to squint and oculoplasty, the other areas of his interest. He has been teaching ophthalmology for the last three decades. In addition to MSO Series, he has authored many popular books. His other books Comprehensive Ophthalmology, Practical Ophthalmology, Anatomy and Physiology of Eye, Theory and Practice of Optics and Refraction, Ophthalmic Nursing, Modern Ophthalmology for Ayurveda Students, Ophthalmology-Quick Text Revision and MCQs and Ophthalmology: Viva Questions and Answers have been well received by the medical students. Dr Khurana has published more than 150 scientific papers in national and international journals of repute. He has also contributed several chapters for four postgraduate reference books published in India and abroad. He has also been editor of the Haryana Journal of Ophthalmology and North Zone Journal of Ophthalmology. He was awarded WHO Fellowship for higher studies at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. He was also selected for a course and awarded Certificate in Tropical Ophthalmology at International Centre for Eye Health, Institute of Ophthalmology, University of London, UK. He has been honored with Distinguished Author Award by the Federation of Educational Publishers of India, Award for Excellence in Ophthalmology by HOS and an Excellent Award by Strabismological Society of India.
<p><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;">The Modern System of Ophthalmology (MSO) is a series of multiple volumes, planned with a very specific aim to cater to the needs of residents in ophthalmology. The volume editors of this series make a team of like minded and devoted teachers from different subspecialities.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;"> Disorders of Lens and Cataract Surgery volume of MSO provides a comprehensive coverage on diseases of the crystalline lens in a concise manner. The text matter is complete and up-to-date with recent advances. It has been organised into two sections in an attractive colour format. Section I includes the essential basic and clinical aspects of crystalline lens and its various disorders in a simple language and lucid style. Section II is devoted to different aspects of cataract surgery viz. anaesthesia, preoperative preparation, intraocular lenses, ophthalmic viscoelastic devices, different techniques of cataract surgery, and complications of cataract surgery and their management. All aspects of cataract surgery have been covered in depth. Since, the present day cataract surgery has evolved, over the years, as refractive cataract surgery, the biometry and astigmatism control has been described in detail. Intraocular lens implantation in the absence of posterior capsular support is described as a separate chapter.</span><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;"><br></span><br></p>
