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This book, designed for ophthalmologists and particularly for refractive surgeons, aims to establish a new, systematic approach to keratoconus and to develop practical and clinical skills in readers so that they are able to make the right decisions in managing keratoconus. There are four main chapters. The first is devoted to diagnosis and describes the clinical signs, the appearances on confocal and specular microscopy, and the significance of corneal hysteresis and corneal topography. Classifications and patterns of keratoconus are then presented and appraised, and the author offers his own new classification of topographic patterns. The third chapter addresses the management of the disease in detail. Both non-interventional and interventional approaches are discussed with due attention to contraindications and complications. In addition, a novel classification of management parameters is suggested, and a systematic approach to management, formulated. In the final chapter this approach is applied to nine cases that serve as clinical examples and will assist readers in assessing and treating patients.

Keratoconus. --- Keratoconus --- Corneal Diseases --- Eye Diseases --- Diseases --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Ophthalmology & Optometry --- Conical cornea --- Medicine. --- Ophthalmology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Cornea --- Eye

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Only a careful diagnosis of glaucoma will lead to appropriate therapy. In this context, gonioscopy is a very important differential diagnostic tool that permits assessment of the anterior chamber angle and classification of glaucoma as a basis for specific treatment. This book clearly explains how to perform gonioscopy to best effect. The anatomy of the chamber angle is systematically described, and the impact of age, developmental disorders, and pathologies on the chamber angle is explained. Particular attention is focused on primary and secondary open-angle and angle-closure glaucomas. In each case, the role of gonioscopy in evaluating the chamber angle is described with the help of many photographs and illustrations. The importance of knowledge of the chamber angle for laser treatment and surgery is explained, and the impact of medications is discussed. Gonioscopy is a straightforward technique that is easy to learn and this examination delivers useful information. This book provides the practitioner with all the information required to use the technique effectively in diagnosis and treatment.

Gonioscopy. --- Gonioscopy --- Eye --- Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological --- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures --- Diagnosis --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Ophthalmology & Optometry --- Diseases --- Glaucoma --- Diagnosis. --- Medicine. --- Ophthalmology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Examination

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    Ophthalmic Pathology: A Concise Guide provides an introductory book of essential and fundamental information that will give the reader a solid foundation in ophthalmic pathology. The volume differs from the available classic and comprehensive ophthalmic pathology textbooks in its basic and simplified ‘one month approach’ concept. The text is rich in macroscopic and microscopic pathology images, clinical images, and bullet-point lists.     Each chapter (Overview; Cornea; Conjunctiva; Eyelids; Uveal Tract; Retina; Orbit; and, Optic Nerve) includes approximately 30 color figures of common eye pathology diagnoses and also reviews the normal histology of each ocular component. An assortment of commentary related to common diagnoses and differential diagnostic considerations, clinical and pathological correlations, pearls and pitfalls, and ophthalmic pathology terminology can be found in each chapter. Other topics include: the fundamental pathology of glaucoma, trauma, cataracts, macular degeneration, and the phacomatoses; commonly used histochemical stains employed in ophthalmic pathology; and basic prosection of enucleation and evisceration specimens.   .

Eye -- Diseases. --- Eye diseases -- Pathology. --- Medicine. --- Ophthalmology. --- Eye --- Ophthalmology --- Diseases --- Eye Diseases --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Ophthalmology & Optometry --- Pathology --- Diagnosis --- Diseases. --- Diseases and defects --- Pathology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Disease (Pathology) --- Medical sciences --- Medicine, Preventive

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This book presents in vivo captured high-magnification images of two conditions:  keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS, or dry eye), an extremely common disease of the ocular surface, and filamentary keratopathy, a relatively rare phenomenon most commonly associated with KCS. Although most of the images of KCS originated from patients with Sjögren’s syndrome, they fairly represent the broad spectrum of ocular surface changes seen in the condition. The appearance of the ocular surface and of the mucus component discernible in the tear film is clearly depicted, and long-term observations, less common KCS cases, and images showing iatrogenic epithelial damage are included. The images of filamentary keratopathy clearly reveal the components of the ocular surface appendices, termed filaments, and assist in explaining the mechanisms underlying the formation of these filaments. The photographs show phenomena captured in various illumination modes, without staining and after staining with diagnostic dyes, and the photographic sequences illustrate their dynamics. The images reflect the in vivo situation. Once aware of the various phenomena, anyone working with standard diagnostic equipment - the slit lamp and the diagnostic dyes- will be able to detect almost all of them. The book will be invaluable for all who deal with ocular surface diseases, including general practitioners, medical eye specialists, ocular surgeons, optometrists, opticians, and rheumatologists.

Eye -- Diseases -- Diagnosis. --- Eye -- Diseases. --- Ophthalmology. --- Dry Eye Syndromes --- Keratoconjunctivitis --- Eye Diseases --- Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases --- Conjunctivitis --- Diseases --- Conjunctival Diseases --- Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca --- Corneal Diseases --- Keratitis --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Ophthalmology & Optometry --- Keratoconjunctivitis sicca. --- Eye --- Diseases. --- Diseases and defects --- Medicine. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Ophthalmology --- Dry eye syndromes

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The Sclera is the definitive text on the diagnosis and treatment of scleral diseases, with in-depth chapters on non-infectious scleritis, infectious sclertitis, non-inflammatory diseases of the sclera, and systemic implications of scleral disease. Basic physiology, anatomy, and biochemistry are addressed as well. Written for the ophthalmologist, the revised and updated new edition of The Sclera contains the most current information available on newer characterizations of the composition of the sclera, immune derangements of it, and success in medical and surgical treatment of the inflammatory diseases of the sclera.

Sclera -- Diseases. --- Sclera. --- Scleritis. --- Sclera --- Eye --- Scleral Diseases --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Eye Diseases --- Sense Organs --- Anatomy --- Diseases --- Diagnosis --- Scleritis --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Ophthalmology & Optometry --- Diseases. --- Sclerotica --- Medicine. --- General practice (Medicine). --- Ophthalmology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- General Practice / Family Medicine. --- Family medicine. --- Family practice (Medicine) --- General practice (Medicine) --- Physicians (General practice)