A handy manual for cornea specialists, this book provides detailed practical information about a complex, sight-threatening disease that can be challenging to diagnose and manage. This text features chapters dedicated to outlining all facets of diagnosis and management while covering both medical and surgical treatment options. Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis, supplemented with useful references and appendices to provide simple step by step algorithms, is written by internationally renowned authors who are experts in the field.Including practical tips and guidelines for diagnosis and therapy of these disorders, Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis is designed to serve as a guide for comprehensive ophthalmologists and should find itself on the bookshelves of ophthalmology clinics, corneal practices and training programs across the country.
Section 1: Basics.-
1. Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis: Anatomical
Considerations.-
2. Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis: Etiopathogenesis.-
3.
Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis: Clinical Evaluation.-
4. Peripheral
Ulcerative Keratitis: Investigative Modalities.-
5. Peripheral Ulcerative
Keratitis: General Principles of Medical Therapy.-
6. Peripheral Ulcerative
Keratitis: General Principles of Surgery.- Section 2: Clinical Overview.-
7.
Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis: Clinical Syndromes, Classifications, and
Differential Diagnosis.-
8. Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis: Infectious
Causes.-
9. Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis: Non-Infectious Causes.- Section
3: Guide to Treatment.-
10. Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis: Medical Therapy
Algorithms.-
11. Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis: C-shaped Lamellar Corneal
Patch Grafts--Match and Patch Technique.-
12. Peripheral Ulcerative
Keratitis: Practical Guide to Immunomodulatory Agents.
Radhika Tandon, MD, DNB, FRCSEd, FRCOphth
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences<
Department of Cornea and Refractive Services, Ophthalmology, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Anat Galor, MD, MSPH<
Clinical Ophthalmology,
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute,
University of Miami
Department of Ophthalmology, Miami, Florida, USA
Virender Singh Sangwan, MS
L. V. Prasad Eye Institute
Clinical Trial Center, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Manotosh Ray MBBS, MD, FRCSEd
Cornea & Refractive Services, Department of Ophthalmology
National University Health System
Yong Loo Lin school of Medicine (NUS)
Singapore
