Ocular Trauma: Principles And Practice

Description:
Ocular Trauma: Principles and Practice is the first comprehensive clinical reference on ocular injuries in more than a decade. Each chapter gives you detailed instructions on evaluation, treatment, and management, including 'what to do', 'how to do it', and 'why to do it.' You'll also learn techniques for developing individualized treatment strategies for hard-to-identify injuries. The book begins with general terminology and classification of ocular trauma, and goes on to cover such topics as: the new role of endoscopy; eye restoration with complete iris loss; anterior chamber disorders; rehabilitation advances; medicolegal issues regarding the ophthalmologist as an expert witness; and much more! Insightful chapters written by patients offer their perspectives on the physical injuries and emotional trauma they have experienced. This reader-friendly book is a valuable addition to the professional library of every ophthalmologist, retina specialist, resident, and emergency room physician who deals with trauma patients. No other resource gives you such an abundance of information on assessment, emergency intervention, management, and rehabilitation. Make sure you have the best, state-of-the-art information as you treat patients who have suffered an ocular injury. Key features of OCULAR TRAUMA: · A systemic approach to eye management on a 'tissue by tissue' basis, instead of the traditional anterior/posterior approach · Practical, easy-to-use format, featuring more than 350 illustrations (156 in full color), pearls, pitfalls, bullets, and special considerations-ideal for daily practice · An international panel of expert authors offering up-to-date global perspectives on management of ocular trauma · Draws on the largest epidemiologic and clinical data collection available, The United States Eye Injury Registry · Offers an important discussion of medicolegal issues facing ophthalmologists called as expert witnesses · Provides a comprehensive list of common abbreviations and frequently used terms · And more!

Table of Contents:
I. General Considerations: BETT: The Terminology of Ocular Trauma; Classification of Ocular Trauma; OTS: Prognosticating the Final Vision of the Seriously Injured Eye; Eye Injury Epidemiology and Prevention of Ophthalmic Injuries; Counseling the Patient and Family; Rehabilitation of Ophthalmic Trauma Patients; Medicolegal Issues; Designing the Management Strategy; Evaluation. II. Emergency Management: Management of Patients with Polytrauma; Chemical Injuries: Emergency Intervention; Nonglobe Injuries: Emergency (room) Management. III. Mechanical Globe Injuries: Conjunctiva; Cornea; Sclera and Corneoscleral Injuries; Management of Extrabulbar Tissue Prolapse; Anterior Chamber; Iris; Ciliary Body; Glaucoma; Lens; Choroid; Vitreous and Retina; Intraocular Foreign Bodies; Severe Combined Anterior and Posterior Segment Trauma; Management of Eyes with Perforating Injury; Injury to the Postsurgical Eye; Endophthalmitis; Sympathetic Ophthalmia; Unique Aspects of Trauma in the Pediatric Patient; Evisceration and Enucleation. IV. Non-Mechanical Globe Injuries: Chemical Injuries: Clinical Course and Management; Ocular Manifestations of nonophthalmic Conditions; Photic and Electrical Trauma. V. Non-Globe Injuries: Eyelid and Lacrimal System; Orbit; Optic Nerve and Visual Pathway; Ocular Motor System. VI. Appendix: Instrumentation; Endoscopy; Basic Surgical Techniques; Pharmacology