Macular Surgery

A Clinical Guide
2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-63507-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 253 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

This book provides a practical guide to techniques for recurrent macular hole and the application of new devices for macular surgery. Newer and more sophisticated optical coherence tomography (OCT) instruments are described in detail which allow the surgeon to better understand the anatomy of the retina before and after surgery. New forceps and intraoperative OCT that gives immediate visualisation during surgery and permits better surgical outcomes are also highlighted in the book.

will be an essential resource for all ophthalmic surgeons seeking an informative and easy-to-follow clinical guide for routine and difficult cases.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Patelli, Fabio

Rizzo, Stanislao

Awh, Carl

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Augenheilkunde, Optometrie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

History of macular surgery.- Intraocular Dyes.- Dyes toxicity.- Macular pucker classification and surgery.- Macular PVR.- Macular hole classification.- Intra-operative OCT.- Surgery of MH < 500 micron.- Surgery of MH > 500 micron.- Surgery of failed MH.- Macular surgery in myopic eyes.- Macular surgery for diabetic macular edema.- Lamellar Macular hole: classification and treatment.- Submacular hemorrhage in AMD.- Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment due to macular hole.

Über Autor(innen)

Fabio Patelli is a Vitreoretinal Consultant and Director of the Vitreoretinal Service at the ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospital University of Milan, Italy.

Stanislao Rizzo is a Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Florence and the Catholic University of Rome, Italy. Professor Rizzo has published over 200 articles on vitreoretinal diseases and 10 chapters in vitreoretinal books, 2 of which he served as Editor.

Carl Awh is President of Tennessee Retina, a 14-physician private retina practice headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Awh is a Past-President of the American Society of Retina Specialists and a charter inductee of the Retina Hall of Fame. He has 28 issued or pending U.S. Patents for vitreoretinal surgical devices and treatments.