OPHTHALMOLOGY
Retinal Imaging: Optical Coherence Tomography
8 Retinal Imaging: Optical Coherence Tomography Andre J. Witkin Jay S. Duker Elias Reichel Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a high-resolution cross-sectional imaging technique that has become a standard in…
Macular Edema Associated with Idiopathic Telangiectasias and Macroaneurysm
25 Macular Edema Associated with Idiopathic Telangiectasias and Macroaneurysm Peter Liggett Nauman Chaudry PARAFOVEAL TELANGIECTASIS “Retinal telangiectasis” is a term first proposed by Reese in 1956 (1) to describe…
Indocyanine Green Angiography of the Ocular Fundus
6 Indocyanine Green Angiography of the Ocular Fundus Michael D. Ober Howard F. Fine Louis Chang Christina M. Klais Lawrence A. Yannuzzi Fluorescein angiography (FA) has revolutionized the diagnosis,…
Macular Edema Associated with Ocular Inflammatory Diseases
26 Macular Edema Associated with Ocular Inflammatory Diseases J. Peter Campbell Diana V. Do Quan Dong Nguyen Cystoid macular edema (CME) is one of the most common causes of…
The First Anti-VEGF Therapy: Pegaptanib Sodium
37 The First Anti-VEGF Therapy: Pegaptanib Sodium Anthony P. Adamis INTRODUCTION Until recently, the treatment of ocular neovascular diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy (DR), and…
Pharmacotherapy of Diabetic Retinopathy
20 Pharmacotherapy of Diabetic Retinopathy Yoshihiro Yonekawa Aziz A. Khanifar Donald J. D’Amico R.V. Paul Chan Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the…
Principles and Techniques of Macular Surgery
15 Principles and Techniques of Macular Surgery Gerardo García-Aguirre Raúl Velez-Montoya Hugo Quiroz-Mercado HISTORY Since its inception in the early sixties (1, 2), vitrectomy procedures have been performed in…
