Boston Keratoprosthesis
Fig. 9.1 This is a slit lamp photograph of a failed graft after several repeat corneal transplants, which would be high risk for another standard penetrating keratoplasty According to the…
Eye Banking: What the Eye Bank Can Do for You Now
Anti-HIV-1, anti-HIV-2 (or combination test) Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAG) Anti-HCV The results of the following EBAA required testing be negative or nonreactive for the tissue to be acceptable Table…
Laser-Assisted Keratoplasty and Post-keratoplasty Management
Fig. 10.1 (a) The femtosecond laser is focused to the target area within the corneal stroma. Microplasma is created, vaporizing approximately 1 μm of corneal tissue. (b) A bubble of…
Allergic Disease of the Eye
Disease Clinical parameters Signs/symptoms Differential diagnosis Seasonal allergic conjunctivitis (SAC) Sensitized individuals Ocular itching Infective conjunctivitis Both females and males Tearing (watery discharge) Preservative toxicity Bilateral involvement Chemosis, redness Medicamentosa…
Endothelial Keratoplasty
Fig. 8.1 Various indications for endothelial keratoplasty. Upper row (L–R) – Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy; pseudophakic corneal edema (posterior chamber intraocular lens in the anterior chamber). Lower row (L–R) –…
Advancements in Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty
Stromal scarring Corneal ectasia Corneal dystrophy Iatrogenic Post-infectious Keratoconus Granular Post-pterygium surgery Trauma Post-refractive surgery ectasia Lattice Post-ocular surface tumor excisions Macular 7.3 Donor Tissue Selection For DALK and sALK…
Advances in Contact Lens for the Treatment of Ocular Surface Disease and the Corneal Ectasias
Fig. 5.1 (a) Day 1 of PROSE treatment for persistent epithelial defect 8 months after acute Stevens-Johnson syndrome. (b) Day 1 of PROSE treatment for persistent epithelial defect 8 months…
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo and Migraine
Fig. 12.1 Pathomechanism in left posterior canal canalolithiasis. (a) In the sitting position, the head is turned 45° to the left and debris are located in the lower part of…
Imaging of Migraine and Vestibular Migraine
Fig. 15.1 Axial (a) and coronal (b) fluid-attenuated inversion recovery magnetic resonance images of the brain from a 61-year-old patient with migraine without aura. Multiple hyperintense, small, punctuate lesions are…
Ménière’s Syndrome and Migraine
Fig. 11.1 Vestibular episodic syndrome includes several clinical entities which may overlap in the same patient and their relatives resulting in intermediate or complete phenotypes such as MD with migraine….
