BookFrancesco Pichi, Piergiorgio Neri, editors.
Summary: This book focuses on secondary conditions aggravating uveitis. In addition to diagnosing, treating, and managing uveitis as an entity, particular attention is given to the pathogenesis of complications arising from ocular inflammation, prevention and treatment thereof. The chapters trace the course of a particular complication, its cause and importantly how to avoid it. Leading expert specialist explain a variety of occurring secondary conditions and their management. Inflammatory diseases causing these complications are briefly touched; the main focus will be the pathogenesis of the actual complication, prevention and treatment.This multi-disciplinary approach to complications of uveitis offers the reader, the tools to prevent or how to correctly manage these. Being of special interest to the uveitis specialist, this book also will be of value for all those with an interest in secondary conditions of ocular inflammations.
Contents:
CORNEA COMPLICATIONS FROM UVEITIS
Band keratopathy
Limbal stem cells deficiency
Herpetic corneal opacities
IRIS COMPLICATIONS FROM UVEITIS
Synechiae
Topical medical management of iris synechiae
Intrasurgical management of iris synechiae
LENS COMPLICATIONS FROM UVEITIS
Pathogenesis of cataract in uveitis patients
Uveitis etiologies associated with cataract development
Inflammation control before planning cataract surgery
Preoperative management
Surgical treatment
IOL vs non IOL
Secondary IOLs
Postoperative management
Management of postoperative complications
Fibrin reaction
CILIARY PROCESSES COMPLICATIONS FROM UVEITIS
UBM for ciliary processes evaluation Ciliary body cysts
Ciliary processes atrophy
Hypotony in uveitis
GLAUCOMA
Hypertensive uveitis
Causes of glaucoma in uveitis
Open angle glaucoma
Angle closure glaucoma
Medical management of uveitic glaucoma
Surgical management of uveitis glaucoma
INFLAMMATORY CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULAR MEMBRANES AND INFLAMMATORY DEPOSITS
Pathogenesis of iCNV
Multimodal imaging of iCNV
Treatment of iCNV
CYSTOID MACULAR EDEMA
Pathophysiology of uveitic macular edema
Differential diagnosis of uveitis macular edema
Multimodal imaging of uveitic macular edema
Treatment of uveitic macular edema
Anti-VEGF
EPIRETINAL MEMBRANES AND SUBRETINAL FIBROSIS
RETINAL DETACHMENT SECONDARY TO UVEITIS
Principal uveitis conditions at risk of retinal detachment
Prevention of retinal detachment
Surgical planning
reoperative management
Surgical techniques
Postoperative management
Endoscopy
Retinal and chorioretinal biopsies.