23-Gauge Vitrectomy
18 23-Gauge Vitrectomy Veronica Kon-Jara Hugo Quiroz-Mercado Fabio Patelli Kirk H. Packo After introduction by Fujii et al. (1) of 25-gauge vitreoretinal surgical advances in recent years, Eckardt et…
Laser Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy (Clinically Significant and Diffuse Macular Edema: Fundamentals of the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study)
21 Laser Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy (Clinically Significant and Diffuse Macular Edema: Fundamentals of the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study) Yukihiro Sato Macular edema is the most common cause…
Ranibizumab (Ranibizumab) in the Treatment of Wet Macular Degeneration
35 Ranibizumab (Ranibizumab) in the Treatment of Wet Macular Degeneration Monica Rodriguez-Fontal D. Virgil Alfaro III John B. Kerrison INTRODUCTION Pathologic angiogenesis and vascular leakage have been recognized as…
Idiopathic Central Serous Retinopathy
50 Idiopathic Central Serous Retinopathy Carlos A. Moreira Jr. Juan Ignacio Verdaguer Juan V. Espinoza J. Fernando Arevalo Idiopathic central serous retinopathy (ICSR), also called central serous chorioretinopathy or…
Congenital Optic Disc Pits, Morning Glory Disc Anomaly, Optic Nerve Coloboma, and Peripapillary Staphyloma
45 Congenital Optic Disc Pits, Morning Glory Disc Anomaly, Optic Nerve Coloboma, and Peripapillary Staphyloma Dolores Berger John B. Kerrison Arthur Korotkin CONGENITAL OPTIC DISC PITS Congenital pits of…
Fluorescein Angiography of the Ocular Fundus
5 Fluorescein Angiography of the Ocular Fundus Eleonora Lavaque D. Virgil Alfaro, III John B. Kerrison INTRODUCTION Over the past thirty years, fluorescein angiography has been technically refined and…
Instrumentation and Surgical Adjunctive Techniques for Macular Surgery
16 Instrumentation and Surgical Adjunctive Techniques for Macular Surgery Masahito Ohji Yasuo Tano INTRODUCTION Instrumentation and techniques, key elements in vitreous surgery, have been developed and modified over the…
Macular Disease Secondary to Peripheral Retinal Vasculopathy
48 Macular Disease Secondary to Peripheral Retinal Vasculopathy Maximiliano Gordon Hugo Quiroz-Mercado R.V. Paul Chan Peripheral retinal vascular changes are common findings associated with both local and systemic disease…
Surgical Management of Suprachoroidal Hemorrhage
59 Surgical Management of Suprachoroidal Hemorrhage Chirag C. Patel Naresh Mandava Hugo Quiroz-Mercado INTRODUCTION Suprachoroidal hemorrhage (SCH) is the accumulation of blood in the suprachoroidal space (Fig. 59-1). This can…
Ocular Parasitic Disease
44 Ocular Parasitic Disease Rafael Cortez Gema Ramirez Lucienne Collet In 1950, Wilder reported the first cases of larval forms of nematodal intestinal roundworms causing intraocular disease (1). This…
