4 OCULAR SIDE EFFECTS OF SYSTEMIC MEDICATIONS Ocular Side Effects of Systemic Medications Bruce E. Onofrey and Tonya G. Ketcham Systemic medications have the potential, under certain circumstances, to produce…
13 OCULAR EMERGENCIES AND URGENCIES Sudden Vision Loss Anastas F. Pass ICD-9: 362.34—TRANSIENT ARTERIAL OCCLUSION—AMAUROSIS FUGAX ICD-9: 368.10—VISION DISTURBANCE; TRANSIENT VISUAL OBSCURATION ICD-9: 368.11—SUDDEN VISUAL LOSS ICD-9: 368.12—TRANSIENT VISUAL LOSS…
14 SYSTEMIC EMERGENCIES Systemic Emergencies in an Office-Based Practice Nicky R. Holdeman Most of the problems encountered by an eye care provider are not life threatening, but many conditions can…
9 OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES Acanthamoeba Keratitis Nicky R. Holdeman THE DISEASE Pathophysiology Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a rare, sight-threatening disease, which results from colonization of the cornea with the free-living,…
8 FUNGAL INFECTIOUS DISEASE Fungal Keratitis Nicky R. Holdeman ICD-9: 370.05 THE DISEASE Pathophysiology Fungal keratitis results from invasion of the cornea by a fungal organism. While fungi are ubiquitous,…
Nerve Blocks 101 In a 1998 article titled “How to Block and Tackle the Face”1, I presented a system for facile nerve blocks that would allow the surgeon to be…
Intranasal The purpose of these dissections relates to two subjects: 1 The relation and course of the nasolacrimal apparatus into the nose. 2 How to perform a sphenopalatine (pterygopalatine) ganglion…
Floor of the Orbit and Course of the Infraorbital Nerve 1 The zygomatic branch of the maxillary nerve leaves the infraorbital branch soon after the entrance to the inferior orbital…
Some Thoughts on the Orbicularis Oculi HOW TO APPROACH THE MEDIAL ORBITAL WALL FOR FRACTURE OR DECOMPRESSION 1 The lower orbicularis oculi muscle is attached to the orbital rim medially…
Superomedial Zone 1 The corrugators, proceri, and frontalis muscles are innervated by the frontal (temporal) branches of the facial nerve on each side. The depressor supercilii and medial orbicularis oculi…
