Handbook of Vitreo-Retinal Disorder Management

A Practical Reference Guide

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Specialties, Optometry, Ophthalmology

• Author: Susanna S Park
• ISBN: 9789814663311
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication: August 5, 2015
• Imprint: WSPC
• Language: English

This unique one-volume handbook provides a quick and concise reference guide for practising ophthalmologists, retinal specialists, vitreo-retinal fellows, ophthalmology residents and optometrists on the latest recommendations for managing common vitreo-retinal disorders seen in everyday retina practise.

It provides comprehensive and essential information on diagnosis and management in outline and table format for conciseness and quick access. Color illustrations of important clinical manifestations are provided in an appendix.

Dr Susanna Park is a Professor of ophthalmology and Director of Vitreo-retinal Fellowship and Ocular Oncology at the University of California Davis Eye Center. She has over 20 years clinical experience as a vitreo-retinal specialist and published over 100 journal papers and book chapters on the subject.

Contents:

• Diagnostic Testing:

  • Retinal Imaging (Amar Patel and Susanna S Park)
  • Electroretinography (Amar Patel and Ala Moshiri)
  • Genetic Testing (Suma P Shankar and Susanna S Park)

• Acquired Macular Disorders (Gary Yau, David R P Almeida, Eric K Chin and Susanna S Park):

  • Age-related Macular Degeneration
  • Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
  • Epiretinal Membrane
  • Macular Holes
  • Toxic Maculopathy/Retinopathy

• Retinal Vascular Disorder:

  • Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (Sumeer Thinda and Susanna S Park)
  • Diabetic Macular Edema (Sumeer Thinda, Lawrence S Morse and Susanna S Park)
  • Retinal Vein Occlusion (Susanna S Park)
  • Retinal Artery Occlusion (Ala Moshiri)
  • Ocular Ischemic Syndrome (Ala Moshiri)
  • Retinopathy of Prematurity (Yoshihiro Yonekawa, Benjamin J Thomas, Bobeck Modjtahedi, Kimberly A Drenser, Michael T Trese and Antonio Capone Jr)

• Hereditary Retinal Degeneration (Sumeer Thinda and Ala Moshiri):

  • Retinitis Pigmentosa
  • Hereditary Chorioretinal Dystrophies
  • Cone Dystrophy
  • Hereditary Maculopathy

• Posterior Uveitis:

  • Work Up and Management of Uveitis (Elad Moisseiev and Susanna S Park)
  • Infectious Uveitis (Senad Osmanovic and Susanna S Park)
  • Endophthalmitis (Senad Osmanovic and Susanna S Park)

• Trauma (Eric K Chin, David R P Almeida and Susanna S Park):

  • Surgical Management of Posterior Segment Trauma
  • Non-surgical Management of Posterior Segment Trauma

• Retinal Detachment:

  • Retinal Detachment and Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy (Glenn Yiu)

• Oncology:

  • Current Treatment Options for Intraocular Retinoblastoma (Jonathan W Kim)
  • Choroidal Nevus and Melanocytoma (Susanna S Park)
  • Choroidal Melanoma (Susanna S Park)
  • Choroidal Metastasis (Susanna S Park)
  • Appendix: Intravitreal Injections (Susanna S Park)

Readership: Practicing opthalmologists, retinal specialists, vitreo-retinal fellows, ophthalmology residents and optometrists.
Key Features:

• The volume is compact and self-contained
• No competing titles to the best of author's knowledge
• Outline bullet format of presentation makes retrieval of information easier