Vitreoretinal Disease - Diagnosis, Management, and Clinical Pearls

The management of major vitreoretinal diseases has changed dramatically since publication of the first edition in 1999. The field continues to evolve rapidly and is becoming an increasingly complex, multifaceted practice of medicine and surgery. As such, retinal specialists are faced with increasingly sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic modalities to learn and master. Contributors to this completely updated reference are renowned experts in retinal disease and vitreous disorders.

Divided into four essential sections, the book starts with a basic overview of posterior segment anatomy and physiology. The second section reviews the spectrum of diagnostic tools used in the field from relatively low technology such as the indirect ophthalmoscope to the latest, state-of-the-art optical coherence tomography test. The third and most comprehensive section covers disease states, subdivided into eight categories: retinovascular conditions, macular diseases, inherited vitreore tinal conditions, inflammatory conditions, intraocular tumors, vitreous and retinal detachments, trauma and toxicity, and fundus conditions. The text concludes with specific vitreoretinal procedures.

Key Features

- New technologies including spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT), intravitreal injections, and microincisional vitrectomy
- The utilization of multifocal electroretinography, scanning laser ophthalmoscopy, and fundus autofluorescence
- Advances in treatment of macular edema and age-related macular degeneration with anti-VEGF therapy
- Summaries of the latest and most important clinical trials
- Richly illustrated with more than 700 color state-of-the art retinal images and surgical procedure drawings
- Clinical pearls, controversies, and special considerations highlighted in color boxes in every chapter

This up-to-date, clinically-oriented resource will greatly benefit ophthalmology residents and ophthalmologists with com prehensive practices.

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

I Anatomy and Physiology
1 Anatomy of the Vitreous, Retina, and Choroid
2 Retinal and Retinal Pigment Epithelial Physiology
II Diagnostic Techniques
3 Examination of the Fundus
4 Fundus Angiography
5 Optical Coherence Tomography
6 Ultrasonography
7 Electrophysiology and Miscellaneous Noninvasive Tests
III Diseases of the Vitreous, Retina, and Choroid
8 Arterial Occlusive Disease
9 Retinal Venous Occlusive Disease
10 Diabetic Retinopathy
11 Cystoid Macular Edema
12 Retinopathy of Prematurity
13 Miscellaneous Retinal Vascular Conditions
14 Age-Related Macular Degeneration
15 Miscellaneous Macular Degenerations
16 Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
17 Macular Holes
18 Epiretinal Membrane and Vitreomacular Traction
19 Macular Dystrophies
20 Hereditary Retinal Degenerations
21 Sickle Retinopathy
22 Retinal Manifestations of Metabolic Disease
23 Hyaloideoretinopathies
24 Infectious Chorioretinal Inflammatory Conditions
25 Noninfectious Chorioretinal Inflammatory Conditions
26 Choroidal Nevus and Melanoma
27 Retinoblastoma
28 Other Retinal, Retinal Pigment Epithelial, and Choroidal Tumors
29 Retinal Tears and Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachments
30 Exudative and Tractional Retinal Detachments
31 Degenerative Retinoschisis
32 Blunt and Penetrating Ocular Injuries
33 Posterior Segment Manifestations of Systemic Trauma
34 Drugs and Light Ocular Toxicity
35 Posterior Segment Complications of Anterior Segment Surgery
36 Congenital Fundus Abnormalities
IV Vitreoretinal Procedures
37 Intravitreal Injections
38 Posterior Segment Drug Delivery
39 Laser for Vitreoretinal Diseases
40 Vitreous Surgery