Vitreo-retinal Surgery

by Bernd Kirchhof (Editor), David Wong (Editor)

Overview

Progress in vitreo-retinal surgery is mercurial. Since this series is dedicated to new developments the reader is presented with a motley list of topics. The advancements described here may represent generally accepted progress in the field: New instruments, Macular hole surgery, Tumor biopsy. New ideas are set out to be tested for their benefit, for example: AMD surgery, Adjunctive pharmacotherapy. Reflections on incessant clinical problems in vitreo-retina surgery require superior scrutinization of established surgical techniques and indications: Posterior slippage, Inferior breaks, Subclinical retinal detachments. The editors will expand this list in future editions with topics like: new support for buckling surgery, enzyme assisted vitrectomy, new tamponades and other yet unknown fields of progress.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642070198
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	11/23/2010
Series:	Essentials in Ophthalmology
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
Pages:	156
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.53(h) x 0.01(d)

Table of Contents

Macular Holes.- Heavy Silicone Oil for Persistent Macular Holes.- The Role of Combined Adjunctive 5-Fluorouracil and Low Molecular Weight Heparin in Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Prevention.- Slippage of the Retina: What Causes It and How Can It Be Prevented?.- Complete and Early Vitrectomy for Endophthalmitis (CEVE) as Today’s Alternative to the Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy Study.- Treatment of Acute Bacterial Endophthalmitis After Cataract Surgery Without Vitrectomy.- New Instruments in Vitrectomy.- 25-Gauge Biopsy of Uveal Tumors.- Vitrectomy Against Floaters.- Treatment of Retinal Detachment from Inferior Breaks with Pars Plana Vitrectomy.- Subclinical Retinal Detachment.- Autologous Translocation of the Choroid and RPE in Patients with Geographic Atrophy.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"The 177-page book contains 11 chapters written by experienced researchers and clinicians. Each chapter is followed by an extensive list of alphabetically sorted references. … Most articles are illustrated with high-quality graphs and tables. … The book is quite easy to read. It is written in perfect English. I would recommend this volume as complement reading for vitreo-retinal surgeons and researchers as well as for residents and fellows in ophthalmology. The book may also serve as a very useful searching tool … ." (F. Koerner, Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, Vol. 243, 2005)

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