A Singular Disease
(1) Department of Medicine, Baystate Health, Springfield, MA, USA Abstract The convergence of thought engendered by Pasteur’s confirmation of the germ theory of disease, along with technological advances in…
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Early Approaches at Therapy
(1) Department of Medicine, Baystate Health, Springfield, MA, USA Abstract As the nineteenth century gave way to the twentieth, the dramatic revolution in microbiology engendered by the work of…
Complications of Pharmacotherapy
53 Complications of Pharmacotherapy Matteo Forlini Gian Maria Cavallini Luca Campi Virgilio Morales-Canton Paolo Rossini Adriana Bratu Cesare Forlini Giuseppe Di Stefano INTRODUCTION Pharmacological therapy of ocular diseases comprises…
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…
