Laser Surgery of the Posterior Segment

Eye Centers of Louisville, KY. Reference on laser surgery of posterior segment diseases, for ophthalmologists. Covers photocoagulation principles, diseases of the posterior segment treatable with laser, and complications in laser surgery.

PART I Principles

3

(36)

1 Principles of Photocoagulation

3

(36)

Laser physics

4

(3)

Posterior pole photocoagulation mechanisms

7

(2)

Types of laser photocoagulators currently in clinical use

9

(2)

Photocoagulation procedure

11

(17)

References

28

(11)

PART II Photocoagulation of the Posterior Segment

39

(340)

2 Diabetic Retinopathy

39

(38)

Classification and clinical findings

40

(5)

Epidemiology

45

(5)

Pathogenesis

50

(1)

Treatment

51

(17)

References

68

(9)

3 Diabetic Macular Edema

77

(24)

Classification

78

(3)

Epidemiology

81

(3)

Pathogenesis

84

(1)

Treatment

84

(14)

References

98

(3)

4 Retinal Vein Occlusion

101

(28)

Classification

102

(1)

Epidemiology

102

(6)

Pathogenesis and clinical findings

108

(4)

Treatment

112

(11)

References

123

(6)

5 Peripheral Retinal Neovascularization

129

(44)

Classification

130

(1)

Pathogenesis

130

(1)

Diseases associated with retinal ischemia treated with laser photocoagulation

130

(25)

Inflammatory diseases with possible retinal ischemia treated with laser photocoagulation

155

(8)

References

163

(10)

6 Choroidal Neovascularization

173

(98)

Classifications

175

(1)

Clinical findings

175

(3)

Photocoagulation techniques: general considerations

178

(12)

Conditions associated with choroidal neovascularization that have been treated with laser photocoagulation

190

(58)

References

248

(23)

7 Idiopathic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy

271

(12)

Epidemiology and clinical findings

272

(4)

Pathogenesis

276

(1)

Treatment

276

(4)

References

280

(3)

8 Fundus Vascular Anomalies

283

(26)

Classification and clinical findings

284

(1)

Retinal arterial macroaneurysm

284

(3)

Idiopathic juxtafoveolar retinal telangiectasis

287

(3)

Retinal venous macroaneurysm

290

(1)

Coats' disease (retinal telangiectasis)

291

(1)

Retinal cavernous hemangioma

291

(3)

Choroidal hemangioma

294

(5)

Retinal arteriovenous malformation (racemose hemangioma)

299

(1)

Retinal capillary hemangioma

300

(4)

References

304

(5)

9 Nonvascular Intraocular Tumors

309

(30)

Choroidal nevus

310

(1)

Choroidal malignant melanoma

311

(13)

Retinoblastoma

324

(8)

Tumors metastatic to the choroid

332

(1)

References

333

(6)

10 Retinal Breaks and Detachment

339

(26)

Classification

340

(1)

Treatment techniques and postoperative care

341

(1)

Retinal breaks and retinal detachment

342

(18)

Summary of treatment recommendations

360

(1)

References

361

(4)

11 Miscellaneous Disorders

365

(14)

Miscellaneous retinal neovascularizations that have been treated with photocoagulation

366

(1)

Miscellaneous conditions that have been treated with laser

367

(4)

Nd:YAG and Erbium:YAG laser vitreolysis

371

(1)

References

371

(8)

PART III Complications

379

(22)

12 Complications of Photocoagulations

379

(22)

General complications

380

(7)

Scatter photocoagulation complications

387

(2)

Choroidal neovascularization photocoagulation complications

389

(6)

Feeder-vessel photocoagulation complications

395

(1)

Intraocular malignant tumor photocoagulation complications

395

(1)

References

395

(6)

INDEX

401

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Laser Surgery of the Posterior Segment

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