Practical Applications of Laser Surgery in Ophthalmology
Published on 1. January 1992
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-8385-7903-9 (ISBN)
Description
A practical guide to the use of lasers in surgery, this text covers management of conditions most often seen by ophthalmologists, including diabetic retinopathy, senile macular degeneration, retinal tears and glaucoma. Laser trabeculoplasty and iridotomy are also included.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Maidenhead
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 288 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
1050 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8385-7903-9 (9780838579039)
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Content
Anatomy of the eye; physical principles of laser; contact and noncontact lenses in photocoagulation therapy; clinical pathologic correlation of photocoagulation; clinical applications of the diabetic retinopathy study; proliferative diabetic retinopathy; diabetic macular oedema; branch retinal vein occlusion; central serous retinopathy; subretinal neovascular membranes in ageing macular degeneration and the presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome; treatment of vascular lesions; retinal breaks; laser iridotomy; argon laser trabeculoplasty in open-angle glaucoma; YAG laser; clinical applications of other laser delivery systems; complications of laser photocoagulation.