title: [Sir Harold Ridley--the creator of modern cataract surgery].
abstract: In February 2000, the worldwide ophthalmology community celebrated the 50th anniversary of one of the twentieth century's most important innovations in eye care--the implantation of the first intraocular lens after cataract extraction by Sir Harold Ridley. It was the initiation of a golden age for the development of ophthalmology, especially cataract surgery. In our paper we would like to remember this outstanding English ophthalmologist and his great invention.
authors.affiliation: Z Kliniki Okulistyki Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Obuchowska
authors.forename: Zofia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mariak
mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000266:history*; D004739:England; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000266:history*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular / Q000266:history*; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000266:history*