Ophthalmic Surgery, 3rd edition provides 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!

Contents

SECTION I: PRINCIPLES
1. Introduction
2. Anesthesia for ophthalmic surgery
3. Prevention of infection
4. How to learn new techniques


SECTION II: CATARACT: INTRODUCTION
5. Clear corneal cataract surgery incisions
6. Scleral tunnel incision
7. Capsulorrhexis
8. Standard extracapsular cataract surgery
9. Nucleus cracking
10. Phaco chop
11. Intraoperative complications of phacoemulsification and small incision cataract surgery
12. Surgery for pediatric cataracts


SECTION III: CORNEA: INTRODUCTION
13. Anterior segment trauma
14. Conjunctival flap surgery
15. Pterygium surgery
16. Phototherapeutic
17. Corneal transplantation
18. Radial keratotomy: Principles and practice
19. LASIK
20. Photorefractive keratectomy
21. Keratoprosthesis


SECTION IV: GLAUCOMA: INTRODUCTION
22. Indications for Surgery
23. Limbus-based conjunctival flap
24. Fornix-based conjunctival flaps for filtering surgery
25. Primary guarded filtration procedure without antimetabolite
26. Guarded filtration procedure with 5-Fluorouracil
27. Guarded filtration procedure with Mitomycin C
28. Laser suture lysis
29. Coincident cataract and glaucoma surgery
30. Aqueous shunts
31. ALT
32. Laser peripheral iridoplasty
33. Nedymium: YAG laser iridotomy
34. Argon laser peripheral iridotomy
35. Incisional iridectomy
36. Cyclophotocoagulation
37. Cyclocryotherapy
38. Trabeculotomy
39. Shallow or Flat Anterior Chamber
40. Low Postoperative Intraocular Pressure
41. Treatment of excessive or overfiltering bleb
42. The underfiltrating bleb
43. Suprachoroidal hemorrhage


SECTION V: OCULOPLASTIC SURGERY: INTRODUCTION
44. Orbitotomy: Surgical approaches
45. Ectropion and Entropion
46. Lid reconstruction


SECTION V: OCULOPLASTIC SURGERY: INTRODUCTION
47. Orbitotomy: Surgical approaches
48. Ectropion and Entropion
49. Lid reconstruction


SECTION VI: EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE SURGERY: INTRODUCTION
50. Strabismus


SECTION VII: VITREORETINAL SURGERY: INTRODUCTION
51. Proliferative Diabetic Retinoplathy
52. Diabetic macular edema
53. Retinal detachment
54. Age-related macular degeneration
55. Pars plana lensectomy
56. Open-globe injuries
57. Endophthalmitis: Diagnosis, treatment, prevention
58. Epiretinal membrane and macular pucker
59. Macular Hole


SECTION VIII: ONCOLOGY: INTRODUCTION
60. Therapeutic approaches to ocular tumors


SECTION IX: TRAUMA: INTRODUCTION
61. Surgical Ocular adnexa in trauma
62. Anterior segment trauma
63. Posterior segment trauma: Princ. & Prac.
64. Management of endophthalmitis associated with trauma
65. Anterior segment trauma
66. Posterior segment trauma: Principles & Practice
67. Management of endophthalmitis asssociated with trauma