The Macula

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Macular biology, pathophysiology

   1. Macular photoreceptor organization

      • Peter K. Ahnelt, Ch. Schubert, E. M. Anger

      Pages 1-7

   2. Macular pigment — its role in health and disease

      • Mike Boulton

      Pages 9-15

   3. The importance of maintaining the RPE phenotype in retinal transplantation

      • Mike Boulton

      Pages 17-25

3. Retinal transplantation — experimental studies

   1. What are the problems with retinal cell transplants?

      • Peter Gouras

      Pages 27-37

   2. Experimental transplantation of IPE to the subretinal space-morphology and photoreceptor survival

      • Sven Crafoord

      Pages 39-44

   3. Harvesting efficacy and viability of retinal pigment epithelial cells in aspirates from posterior retinal areas — a study on human eyes

      • Adele Assadoullina, Susanne Binder, B. Stanzel, A. Abri, W. Krugluger, S. Scholz et al.

      Pages 45-49

4. Retinal transplantation — clinical studies

   1. Iris pigment epithelium transplantation — experimental and clinical results

      • Gabriele Thumann, S. Aisenbrey, K. U. Bartz-Schmidt

      Pages 51-56

   2. Translocation of iris pigment epithelium in patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration — long term results

      • A. Lappas, A. M. H. Foerster, A. W. A. Weinberger, S. Coburger, N. Schrage, Bernd Kirchhof

      Pages 57-65

   3. Transplantation of HLA-typed RPE in age-related macular degeneration — results after 6 months follow-up

      • Gisbert Richard, K. Engelmann, M. Valtink, J. Weichel

      Pages 67-75

   4. Transplantation of autologous retinal pigment epithelium in eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration

      • Susanne Binder, I. Krebs, U. Stolba, A. Abri, Hans Feichtinger, Ralf-Dieter Hilgers et al.

      Pages 77-83

5. Subretinal surgery

   1. Retrospective analysis of subretinal surgery

      • C. I. Falkner, S. Binder, H. Leitich

      Pages 85-94

   2. Subfoveal neovascular membranes — membrane morphology and outcome after combined subretinal surgery and autologous RPE transplantation

      • Adele Assadoullina, H. Feichtinger, S. Binder, A. Abri

      Pages 95-100

6. Macular translocation

   1. Current status of macular translocation surgery

      • Eugene de Juan Jr, G. Y. Fujii, K.-G. Au Eong, M. S. Humayun, R. R. Lakhanpal

      Pages 101-114

   2. Two-year results after macular translocation with 360° retinotomy

      • Sabine Aisenbrey, G. Thumann, K. U. Bartz-Schmidt

      Pages 115-121

7. Cataract and AMD

   1. Cataract extraction in age-related macular degeneration: the ECAM-Study — an ongoing trial

      • Simon Brunner, C. I. Falkner, I. Krebs, A. Abri, S. Binder

      Pages 123-131

   2. Combined phacoemulsification and lens implantation with vitreous surgery in macular disorders

      • C. E. Jahn, Susanne Binder, I. Krebs, U. Stolba, C. Mihalics, A. Abri

      Pages 133-137

8. Photodynamic therapy and rheopheresis

   1. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) in eyes with pathologic myopia

      • Ilse Krebs, Susanne Binder, U. Stolba, A. Abri

      Pages 139-147

   2. Interim analysis of the MIRA-1 — multicenter double masked placebo controlled trial of rheopheresis in dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with soft drusen

      • Reinhard Klingel

      Pages 149-170

9. The vitreous and vitreoretinal diseases

   1. Vitreous pathobiology and pharmacologic vitreolysis

      • J. Sebag

      Pages 171-179

Enormous developments have been made in ophthalmology during the last century. Higher precision and newer instrumentation in surgery as well as better examination methods and progress in microbiology have given us access to much more information about the pathological physiology and anatomy that we are confronted with in our various fields of expertise. As we have approached a new millennium we decided to capture some of these new ideas and incorporate them into a conference where we could share our work and benefit from each others' experiences. This book is based on contributions nd presented at the "2 International Conference on Vitreoretinal Diseases" which was held in September 2002 in Vienna, Austria which focused on the retinal macula. The meeting was very fortunate to have the world's most renowned leaders in macular research attend and share their vast experience and expertise as well as their latest research and results. This meeting followed the "First International Conference on Vitreoretinal Diseases" which was held in Vienna, Austria in 1998, and focused on retinal transplantation and retinal microsurgery. nd After the great success of the "2 International Conference on Vitreoretinal Diseases" an overwhelming interest was expressed to gather all these new and innovative ideas that had been developed in a book in order to give colleagues and students access to a valu­ able collection of the information presented at the meeting. This international meeting was administrated by, Mrs. Tilly and Mr.

• Continuous Medical Education
• Surgery
• anatomy
• cancer
• eye
• implant
• macula
• macular degeneration
• macular diseases
• morphology
• ophtalmology
• retina
• retinal diseases
• transplantation

• The Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Retinology and Biomicroscopic Laser Surgery, Department of Ophthalmology, Rudolf Foundation Clinic, Vienna, Austria

  Susanne Binder

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