Hemoglobinopathies
Chapter 57 Hemoglobinopathies Adrienne W. Scott, Gerard A. Lutty, Morton F. Goldberg In a landmark 1910 Archives of Internal Medicine article,1 Dr James Herrick noted “peculiar, elongated, sickle-shaped red blood…
Artificial Vision
Chapter 126 Artificial Vision Mark S. Humayun, Rodrigo A. Brant Fernandes, James D. Weiland Introduction More than 1 million Americans are legally blind and 10% have no light perception, from…
Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Edema
Chapter 47 Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Edema Henry E. Wiley, Frederick L. Ferris, III. Diabetes mellitus (DM) comprises a heterogeneous group of disorders of carbohydrate, protein, and fat…
Retinal Metastases
Chapter 133 Retinal Metastases Sunil K. Srivastava, Chris Bergstrom Introduction Retinal metastases represent a small percentage of intraocular malignancy secondary to systemic cancers, even though 10% of patients who die…
Pneumatic Retinopexy
Chapter 103 Pneumatic Retinopexy Daniel A. Brinton, Allen Chiang Introduction For more than a half century, the operation most favored for primary retinal detachment had been scleral buckling (SB). Between…
Helminthic Disease
Chapter 86 Helminthic Disease Marcos Ávila, David Isaac Introduction Helminths have plagued mankind since before the era of our earliest recorded history.1 It is possible to recognize features of helminthic…
Advanced Imaging Technologies
Chapter 5 Advanced Imaging Technologies Pearse A. Keane, Humberto Ruiz-Garcia, SriniVas R. Sadda Introduction – retinal imaging to date Assessment of chorioretinal disease is dependent on the ability to visualize…
Stem Cells and Cellular Therapy
Chapter 35 Stem Cells and Cellular Therapy Martin Friedlander, David R. Hinton For additional online content visit http://www.expertconsult.com Stem cells as therapeutics to treat retinal disease Nothing more dramatically captures…
Prevention of Retinal Detachment
Chapter 106 Prevention of Retinal Detachment C.P. Wilkinson Introduction Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment continues to be an important cause of reduced visual acuity and blindness. In consecutive series, initial surgical attempts…
Autofluorescence Imaging
Chapter 4 Autofluorescence Imaging Monika Fleckenstein, Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg, Frank G. Holz Basic principles Fundus autofluorescence Fundus autofluorescence (FAF) imaging is a noninvasive imaging method for in vivo mapping of naturally…
