This accessible, jargon-free guide to uveitis for non-specialists explains in practical, easy-to-understand language how to diagnose and manage inflammatory eye disease. Describing in simple terms how to differentiate between the various inflammatory eye diseases, which investigations to choose, how to interpret the results and how best to manage immunosuppression in these patients, this book makes this fascinating subject accessible to the non-uveitis specialist for the first time.

The book is designed to educate and guide patients interested in considering retinal gene treatment.

In the competitive world of post high school athletics, conditioning is everything. From muscle mass to lung capacity to endurance to speed, athletes who can get an edge have a better chance of moving up the ladder to more and more elite levels of play.

But one aspect of conditioning that is often overlooked is vision. Ignored or undetected problems in the visual system have stopped many athletes' progress before making it to the professional--or even college--levels and has even ended otherwise promising professional athletic careers. But one cannot control vision, right? Wrong

Vision can be conditioned just like any other physical attribute, and the earlier this conditioning starts, the better. In See to Play, eminent optometrist Michael Peters, who works with many professional athletes and sports teams, addresses every aspect of this vital component of elite athletics. Included are in-depth discussions of all facets of vision accompanied by myriad exercises to help athletes hon

Ocular Pharmacotherapy concerns the use of drugs to treat diseases of the eye. This book, from the Chairman of Ophthalmology at Complutense University in Madrid, is an essential resource for residents, students and practising ophthalmologists. It provides key information regarding both the basic pharmacology of ophthalmic drugs and their use in clinical practice. The comprehensive text consists of twenty-six chapters, incorporating an extensive review across six chapters of various anti-microbial treatments. These include commercially available antibiotics, fortified topical antibiotics, intravitreal, subconjunctival, intracorneal and oral antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and antiparasitics. It also includes a detailed appendix on the treatment of uveitis and covers new ophthalmic diagnostic and therapeutic formulations and delivery systems, which have been developed in recent years. Over 140 full colour images, including numerous high-quality clinical photographs, charts and tables, enhance understanding. Ocular Pharmacotherapy provides an excellent point of reference to assist in making initial decisions on treatment, for students and professionals alike. Key Points Up-to-date information on new developments in ocular pharmacotherapy Extensive review of anti-microbial treatments Highly illustrated with clinical photographs, charts and tables Authored by a recognised ophthalmic specialist from Spain

How to Get that Training Post in Ophthalmology provides a complete overview of how to prepare yourself for the challenge of applying for and being accepted into a postgraduate ophthalmology training programme. Written for aspiring ophthalmologists, this book furnishes you with comprehensive yet concise information and advice on how you can transform yourself into the best candidate for ophthalmology training posts. How to Get that Training Post in Ophthalmology will teach you the secrets of how to: Prepare right from your medical student and foundation doctor days Choose and manage your mentors Make yourself stand out from the crowd Upgrade your CV for maximum impact Involve yourself in research leading to peer-reviewed publications Improve how you complete the application forms Impress your interviewers and ace your interviews Use other options as stepping stones

The book is designed to educate and guide patients interested in artificial vision and retinal implant surgery.

Elderly patients are often afflicted with the onset of a convergent strabismus as a sign of aging, without any other neurologic disorder. Unfortunately, physicians and even ophthalmologists are generally unaware of this fact. Consequently, such patients fail to find timely help for their double vision. In addition, there are other geriatric alterations (such as cataracts, glaucoma and age-related maculopathy), which are connected with binocularity disorders but do not always result in double vision. These masked diplopia are only perceptible as the closing of one eye and the patients complaint of seeing clouds. Erroneous diagnoses have a dramatic outcome for many elderly people whose ability to read is vitally important for their quality of life. Studies on this topic and suggestions for improving the patients situation are contained in this book. The book also covers intractable diplopia, or "horror fusionis", which is particularly difficult to understand. Examinations of the micromotility of the eyes could explain some of the puzzling observations. Although eye muscle palsies are generally outside the scope of this books focus, connections between neuro-ophthalmology (e.g. in Parkinson's disease) and reading problems due to convergence insufficiency are discussed. Finally, this book examines what happens in adulthood to the numerous patients whose squints were operated on during childhood. Many of these patients later suffer problems such as double vision, which may be misinterpreted as eye muscle palsy. This book is not a textbook of orthoptics. It seeks to provide advanced training for ophthalmologists based on the authors personal experiences collected over fifty years of practice as an ophthalmologist and specialist for strabismology at the Medical University of Viennas eye clinic and in her own office. As far as the author is aware, it is the first book to be published exclusively on this topic. The previously unpublished research and experiences it contains should provoke the interest of colleagues and orthoptists whose elderly patients present with binocularity, a condition which sadly remains underestimated.

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a human disease characterised by loss of photoreceptor cells, especially rods, leading to visual disturbance and eventually blindness. Effective treatments for controlling RP remain unavailable. Infectious keratitis is a visual threatening eye condition of the cornea that can cause severe visual loss if not appropriately managed in a timely manner. Only 50% of the eyes will enjoy good visual recovery if antibiotic treatment is delayed. Causative pathogens include bacteria, virus, fungus, protozoa and parasites. A number of risk factors have been identified for microbial keratitis, including contact lens wear, recent ocular surgery or ocular trauma, ocular surface disease, dry eyes, eyelid deformities, corneal sensation impairment, chronic use of topical steroids and immunocompromised states. This book discusses the prevalence, symptoms and treatment options of eye disorders.

The orbital cavity is still a "no man's land", as no surgical discipline has ever fully addressed it. This book will encompass the orbital cavity from a surgical perspective in a manner previously unseen. The described surgical details and presented results will show that impressive results can be achieved in very difficult and complex cases. Surgical procedures will be illustrated with drawings, sketches, and photographs (conditions before and after surgery, details of ongoing operations, etc.), and will be presented with a list of all possible complications. The intention is to provide the reader with both a monograph and surgical atlas of the orbital cavity. The following pages are a comprehensive systematic description of the complete surgery of the orbit. Surgical details, with both practical and theoretical viewpoints, are the author's contribution to the topic of surgical treatment of the orbit. At the end of each chapter, statistical data about Radmilo Roncevic's personal patients and results of their surgical treatments will be presented. This data will hopefully indicate the value of the doctor's surgical procedure and attitude toward the surgery and will help the readers understand better this surgical procedure.