Ophthalmic Surgery: Principles and Practice

A convenient, single-volume introduction to the surgical techniques that should be part of the armamentarium of all comprehensive ophthalmologists. Chapters written by leading authorities cover indications, details of surgical techniques, recognition and management of complications, and related issues. Discusses Pacho Chop, Laser Peripheral Iridoplasty, The Underfiltering Bleb, Blepharoplasty, Strabismus, Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy and much more! George L. Spaeth, MD, Director, Williams & Anna Goldberg Glaucoma Service and Research Laboratories; Louis J. Esposito Research Professor; Wills Eye Hospital; Thomas Jefferson Medical College; Philadelphia PA, USA CONTENTS of the 3rd edition SECTION I: PRINCIPLES Introduction Anesthesia for ophthalmic surgery Prevention of infection How to learn new techniques SECTION II: CATARACT: INTRODUCTION Clear corneal cataract surgery incisions Scleral tunnel incision Capsulorrhexis Standard extracapsular cataract surgery Nucleus cracking Phaco chop Intraoperative complications of phacoemulsification and small incision cataract surgery Surgery for pediatric cataracts SECTION III: CORNEA: INTRODUCTION Anterior segment trauma Conjunctival flap surgery Pterygium surgery Phototherapeutic Corneal transplantation Radial keratotomy: Principles and practice LASIK Photorefractive keratectomy Keratoprosthesis SECTION IV: GLAUCOMA: INTRODUCTION Indications for Surgery Limbus-based conjunctival flap Fornix-based conjunctival flaps for filtering surgery Primary guarded filtration procedure without antimetabolite Guarded filtration procedure with 5-Fluorouracil Guarded filtration procedure with Mitomycin C Laser suture lysis Coincident cataract and glaucoma surgery Aqueous shunts ALT Laser peripheral iridoplasty Nedymium: YAG laser iridotomy Argon laser peripheral iridotomy Incisional iridectomy Cyclophotocoagulation Cyclocryotherapy Trabeculotomy Shallow or Flat Anterior Chamber Low Postoperative Intraocular Pressure Treatment of excessive or overfiltering bleb The underfiltrating bleb Suprachoroidal hemorrhage SECTION V: OCULOPLASTIC SURGERY: INTRODUCTION Orbitotomy: Surgical approaches Ectropion and Entropion Lid reconstruction SECTION V: OCULOPLASTIC SURGERY: INTRODUCTION Orbitotomy: Surgical approaches Ectropion and Entropion Lid reconstruction SECTION VI: EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE SURGERY: INTRODUCTION Strabismus SECTION VII: VITREORETINAL SURGERY: INTRODUCTION Proliferative Diabetic Retinoplathy Diabetic macular edema Retinal detachment Age-related macular degeneration Pars plana lensectomy Open-globe injuries Endophthalmitis: Diagnosis, treatment, prevention Epiretinal membrane and macular pucker Macular Hole SECTION VIII: ONCOLOGY: INTRODUCTION Therapeutic approaches to ocular tumors SECTION IX: TRAUMA: INTRODUCTION Surgical Ocular adnexa in trauma Anterior segment trauma Posterior segment trauma: Princ. & Prac. Management of endophthalmitis associated with trauma Anterior segment trauma Posterior segment trauma: Principles & Practice Management of endophthalmitis asssociated with trauma