Full Description
This comprehensive atlas and textbook on strabismus surgery and its complications provides complete step-by-step instruction for the surgical management of the strabismus patient. In Part 1, detailed descriptions, photographs, and diagrams illustrate each major surgical procedure and variations. Part 2 presents an extensive review of surgical complications including their prevention, recognition, and treatment. The text is lavishly illustrated with artwork and photographic examples, and well-supported by sample references.
Contents
Surgical Management of Strabismus.- Surgically Important Anatomy.- Physiology of Eye Movements.- Indications for Strabismus Surgery.- Surgical Decision Making.- Preoperative and Postoperative Care.- Anesthesia Considerations.- Equipment, Operating Room Supplies, and Patient Preparation.- Techniques of Exposure and Closure and Preliminary Steps of Surgery.- Recession of the Rectus Muscles and Other Weakening Procedures.- Resection of the Rectus Muscles and other "Strengthening" Procedures.- Surgery on the Inferior Oblique Muscle.- Surgery on the Superior Oblique Tendon.- Transposition Procedures.- Adjustable Suture Techniques.- Special Procedures.- The Use of Botulinum Neurotoxin in the Treatment of Strabismus.- Nonsurgical Treatment of Strabismus.- Complications of Strabismus Surgery.- Preoperative Management Errors.- Anterior Segment and Ocular Surface Complications of Strabismus Surgery.- Anterior Segment Ischemia.- Scleral Perforation and Penetration.- Postoperative Infection.- Slipped and Lost Muscles.- Hemorrhage.- Adherence and Adhesion Syndromes.- Complications Involving the Ocular Adnexa.- Unexpected and Atypical Anatomy.- Anesthesia-Related Complications.- Unexpected Postoperative Alignment.- Altered Postoperative Vision.- Persistent Diplopia Following Surgery.- Medicolegal Aspects of Strabismus Surgery.
