Contents
Section I: Surgical Management of Vitreoretinal Diseases
1. Principles of Vitrectomy ................................................................................................................................ 1
P Mahesh Shanmugam (India)
2. Principles of Scleral Buckling Surgery ...................................................................................................... 16
P Mahesh Shanmugam (India)
3. Intraocular Tamponade: Principles and Techniques .................................................................................. 26
Ajay Aurora, Neeraj Sanduja (India)
4. Management of Diabetic Retinopathy ......................................................................................................... 33
Javier Montero, José Maria Ruiz-Moreno, Pedro Amat-Peral (Spain)
5. Management of Retinal Vascular Occlusions ............................................................................................. 40
José Maria Ruiz-Moreno, Javier Montero, José García-Arumí (Spain)
6. Retinal Detachment ..................................................................................................................................... 51
T Mark Johnson (USA)
7. Age-related Macular Degeneration .............................................................................................................. 59
T Mark Johnson (USA)
8. Management of Retinal Telangiectasia ....................................................................................................... 68
Javier Montero, José Maria Ruiz-Moreno, Concepción de la Vega (Spain)
9. Management of Retinal Macroaneurysm .................................................................................................... 73
José Maria Ruiz-Moreno, Javier Montero, Francisco Lugo (Spain)
10. Management of Vitreous Diseases .............................................................................................................. 76
Souman Mandal, Supriya Dabir, S Natarajan (India)
11. Vitreous Opacities ....................................................................................................................................... 82
Ashok Garg (India)
12. Intraocular Bevacizumab (Avastin®) for Choroidal Neovascularization ................................................... 85
João J Nassaralla Jr (Brazil)
13. Optic Neuritis and Retinochoroiditis .......................................................................................................... 91
João J Nassaralla Jr (Brazil)
14. Investigations in Posterior Segment Diseases I: Fundus Fluorescein Angiography and
Optical Coherence Tomography ................................................................................................................. 99
Minija CK, Madhu Kumar R (India)
15. Investigations in Posterior Segment Diseases II: Fundus Photography .................................................129
Dinesh Garg (India)
16. Management of Vitreomacular Traction Syndromes .................................................................................145
T Mark Johnson (USA)
Surgical Techniques in Ophthalmology (Retina and Vitreous Surgery)
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17. Management of Pediatric Retinal Detachments ........................................................................................157
Subhadra Jalali, Padmaja Kumari Rani, Jay Chhablani (India)
18. Management of Pediatric Ocular Trauma ..................................................................................................172
Yograj Sharma, Ritesh Gupta, Rajni Sharma (India)
19. Management of Blunt Retinal Trauma .......................................................................................................181
Arturo Pèrez-Arteaga, Yuri Flores (Mexico)
20. Open Trauma to the Posterior Segment of the Eye...................................................................................192
Arturo Pèrez-Arteaga, Jose Luis Parra Limón (Mexico)
21. Traumatic Retinopathies ............................................................................................................................201
Scott Pfahler, T Mark Johnson (USA)
22. Laser Photocoagulation in Retinopathy of Prematurity ...........................................................................208
Rajvardhan Azad, MA Khan (India)
23. Laser Treatment for Retinal Holes, Tears and Peripheral Retinal Degenerations ....................................216
Ajay Aurora, Neeraj Sanduja, Rajeev Gupta (India)
24. An Update on Photodynamic Therapy .......................................................................................................225
Dinesh Talwar (India)
25. Transpupillary Thermotherapy in Age-related Macular Degeneration .....................................................239
Lalit Verma, Ankur Sinha, Sanjeev Nainiwal (India)
26. Retained IOFB Management ......................................................................................................................257
Neeraj Sanduja, Ajay Aurora, Saurabh Luthra (India)
27. Management of Traumatic Hemorrhages to the Posterior Segment ........................................................265
Javier A Montero, José Maria Ruiz-Moreno (Spain)
28. Management of Suprachoroidal Hemorrhage ...........................................................................................275
Neeraj Sanduja, Ajay Aurora, Saurabh Luthra (India)
29. Management of Postoperative Endophthalmitis .......................................................................................279
Lalit Verma, Shaifali Gupta (India)
30. Management of Eales’ Disease ..................................................................................................................283
Pedro Amat-Peral, Francisco Lugo , José Maria Ruiz-Moreno (Spain), Ashok Garg (India)
31. Management of Retinal Tumors .................................................................................................................285
Debraj Shome, Ashok Garg (India)
Section II: Recent Advances in Management of Vitreoretinal Diseases
32. Macular Translocation with 360 Degrees Retinotomy ...............................................................................298
Som Prasad (UK)
33. Microincision Vitreous Surgery (MIVS): Technique and Instrumentation................................................304
Ajay Aurora, Neeraj Sanduja (India)
34. An Update on Diabetic Retinopathy ...........................................................................................................312
T Mark Johnson (USA)
Contributors
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35. Principles and Techniques of Retinal Laser Photocoagulation ...............................................................326
Neeraj Sanduja, Ajay Aurora, Saurabh Luthra (India)
36. Micropulse Laser and the Treatment of Feeder Vessels in Choroidal Neovascularization .....................334
T Mark Johnson, Bert M Glaser, Chevy Chase (USA)
37. Wide Angle Viewing System ......................................................................................................................345
Nazimul Hussain (UAE), Sundaram Natarajan, Angshuman Mukherjee, Soumen Mandal (India)
38. “Grid Pattern” Argon Laser Photocoagulation for (Diffuse) Diabetic Macular Edema ...........................349
Zsolt Biro (Hungary)
39. Central Serous Retinopathy .......................................................................................................................354
Ashok Garg (India)
40. An Update on Retina Lasers ......................................................................................................................360
José Maria Ruiz-Moreno, Pedro Amat, Francisco Lugo (Spain)
41. Penetrating Posterior Segment Trauma: An Update..................................................................................375
T Mark Johnson (USA)
42. Newer and Advanced Vitrectomy Systems ................................................................................................382
Kumar J Doctor, Dharmesh Kar (India)
43. Combined Cataract Extraction and Intravitreal Bevacizumab in Patients with
Choroidal Neovascularization Due to Age-related Macular Degeneration ...............................................385
Francesco Boscia, Claudio Furino (Italy)
44. Future of Stem Cell Therapy in Retinal Diseases......................................................................................389
Nazimul Hussain, Yashoda Ghanekar (India)
Index ...........................................................................................................................................................401