Chapter 112 Management of Combined Inflammatory and Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Marc D. de Smet, Karina Julian Introduction Retinal detachments (RD) occurring in the context of ocular inflammation are a particular…
Chapter 68 Myopic Macular Degeneration Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, Yasushi Ikuno, Miho Yasuda, Toshinori Murata, Taiji Sakamoto, Tatsuro Ishibashi Pathologic myopia is a major cause of legal blindness and low vision worldwide,1–5…
Chapter 147 Surgical Resection of Choroidal Melanoma Bertil E. Damato, Carl Groenewald, Wallace S. Foulds For additional online content visit http://www.expertconsult.com Introduction Choroidal melanoma can be removed either by en…
Chapter 154 Miscellaneous Uveal Tumors David J. Wilson Introduction A great variety of primary tumors occur in the uvea. Of these, rare tumors are difficult to diagnose clinically because they…
Chapter 51 Retinal Artery Obstructions Purnima S. Patel, SriniVas R. Sadda CRAO was first described in 1859 in von Graefe’s report of multiple systemic emboli in the setting of endocarditis…
Chapter 43 Hereditary Choroidal Diseases Mohamed A. Genead, Gerald A. Fishman, Sandeep Grover For additional online content visit http://www.expertconsult.com Introduction The term “choroidal dystrophy” is likely a misnomer as it…
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…
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…
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…
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…
