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Part of the book series: Essentials in Ophthalmology (ESSENTIALS)
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Since the introduction of vitrectomy in the 1970s, vitreoretinal surgery has rapidly developed. Initially, new instrumentations were created to facilitate intraocular maneuvers and to treat almost all the vitreoretinal pathologies. High speed vitrectome probs, forceps, scissors, endolaser probes, and new light sources (xenon/photon light) permit us to perform safer surgeries.
However, in the last few years the approach to vitreoretinal surgery has changed with the introduction of small gauge instruments and sutureless surgery. At present there is still confusion among vitreoretinal surgeons about the use of 25-, 23- or 20-gauge sutureless systems.
Leading surgeons in the field were recruited to offer their insights into the sutureless techniques they perform.
Topics dealt with in the book include: - fluidics and technical characteristics of 23- and 25-gauge systems, - basic vitrectomy techniques of 23- and 25-gauge systems, - sclerotomy characteristics of the sutureless approach, - advantages and disadvantages of the sutureless technique, - vitreoretinal pathologies treated with 23- and 25-gauge systems, - complications of the sutureless technique, - current clinical data.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Vitreo-retinal Surgery
Book Subtitle: Progress III
Editors: Stanislao Rizzo, Fabio Patelli, David R. Chow
Series Title: Essentials in Ophthalmology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68586-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08898-8Published: 18 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-68586-9Published: 14 November 2008
Series ISSN: 1612-3212
Series E-ISSN: 2196-890X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 234
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 31 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ophthalmology, Community and Environmental Psychology