BookBipasha Mukherjee, Hunter Yuen, editors.
Summary: This handbook on orbital, lacrimal and eyelid emergencies deals with such situations in a practical manner guiding the ophthalmologists in accurate handling and making them more proficient and confident in managing vision and life-threatening emergencies. With 51 chapters and more than 150 images, this book covers all the eye emergencies that generalist and specialist ophthalmologists can expect to come across in their day to day practices. It can be argued that the orbit can no more be called 'Pandora's Box' because of the unpredictable nature of its contents. This perception has changed over the years due to the advent of improved diagnostic, in particular, imaging techniques. However, since medical residency provides very little exposure to orbital and adnexal disorders, most clinicians are inexperienced and unsure about their management. Facing an emergency situation where improper management can rapidly worsen the condition leading to blindness or even death of the patient is every ophthalmologist's nightmare. The emergent nature of these conditions does not always provide for a leeway to refer these patients to an orbit and oculoplasty specialist, who are few and far between. By the time the patient reaches his destination, his vision maybe irrevocably lost. The legal implications of such mismanagement can be significant too. This book is a quick and essential resource to manage and refer eye emergencies with confidence. .
Contents:
Systemic management in Orbital & Adnexal Emergencies
Globe Rupture
Subluxated Globes
Exposure keratopathy due to absent or avulsed eyelids
Periocular and adnexal injuries due to animal bites
Chemical and thermal Injuries
Endophthalmitis
Eyelid trauma: general considerations
Investigation of eyelid and lacrimal injuries
Management of eyelid injuries
Management of lacrimal system trauma
Orbital Trauma: Mechanisms and investigations
Types and management of orbital fractures
Organic foreign bodies
Inorganic foreign bodies
Traumatic optic neuropathy
Retro-bulbar hemorrhage: Etiology, pathogenesis, epidemiology and clinical perspectives
Orbital compartment syndromes
Orbital emphysema
Iatrogenic visual loss after orbital and eyelid surgery
General considerations and investigations for inflammatory orbital and eyelid disease.-Management of fulminant thyroid eye disease
Orbital apex inflammation
Pyoderma gangrenosum
Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis and other muco-cutaneous syndromes
Idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease
Management of dysthyroid optic neuropathy
Management of severe exposure keratopathy
Acute medical management of non-thyroid orbital and eyelid inflammation
Acute surgical management of non-thyroid orbital and lid inflammation
General approach and algorithm for managing acute infections of the orbit and eyelid
Diagnosis and treatment bacterial infections of the orbit
Viral and fungal infections of the orbit
Life-threatening infections
Fulminant streptococcal infections and necrotizing fasciitis
Viral Keratitis
Dacryoadenitis
Dacryocystitis
Canaliculitis and Intracanalicular foreign bodies
General approach and algorithm for managing emergent neoplasms of the orbit and adnexa
Primary orbital malignancies
Secondary and metastatic tumors of the orbit
Malignant transformation in benign orbital diseases
Sebaceous gland carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
Melanoma
Merkel cell carcinoma (Cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinoma)
Acute presentation of vascular lesions in the orbit
Exposure keratopathy due to facial nerve palsy
Complications of Botulinum toxin and facial fillers
Iatrogenic orbital injury associated with adnexal intervention.