Ocular Surface Disease. Cornea, Conjunctiva and Tear Film (Print + Online)

Description

Ocular Surface Disease: Cornea, Conjunctiva and Tear Film incorporates current research and the latest management strategies as well as classification systems and treatment paradigms for all forms of ocular surface disease. This is the first comprehensive resource that helps you to meet ocular surface disease challenges effectively using today’s best medical and surgical approaches.

• Get the complete, evidence-based guidance you need to provide optimal care for your patients with ocular surface disease.
• Implement the latest drug treatments and surgical interventions to provide better outcomes with fewer complications.
• Hone and expand your surgical skills by watching videos of leading experts performing advanced procedures including ocular surface transplantation techniques; amniotic membrane transplantation; pterygium surgery; lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) in ocular surface disease; and keratoprosthesis surgery.
• Visualize how to proceed by reviewing detailed, full-color images and consulting new classification systems and treatment paradigms for mild to severe forms of ocular surface disease.
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Table of Contents

Part I. Fundamentals

1 Historical Concepts of Ocular Surface Disease
2 Eyelid Anatomy and Function
3 The Tear Film: Anatomy, Structure and Function
4 Conjunctiva Anatomy and Physiology
5 Limbus and Corneal Epithelium
6 Classification of Ocular Surface Disease

Part II. Diseases of the Ocular Surface

7 Diagnostic Techniques of Ocular Surface Disease
8 Blepharitis: Classification
9 Anterior Blepharitis Treatment Strategies
10 Meibomian Gland Disease Treatment
11 Dry Eye Disease: Epidemiology and Pathophysiology
12 Treatment of Dry Eye Disease
13 Seasonal and Perennial Allergic Conjuntivitis
14 Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis
15 Atopic Keratoconjunctivitis
16 Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis
17 Treatment of Allergic Eye Disease
18 Pterygium
19 Ocular Surface Neoplasias
20 Conjunctivochalasis
21 Superior Limbic Keratoconjunctivitis
22 Oculodermal Surface Disease
23 Ocular Graft-versus-Host Disease
24 Ligneous Conjunctivitis
25 Toxic Keratoconjunctivitis
26 Corneal Epithelial Adhesion Disorders
27 Neurotrophic Keratopathy
28 Filamentary Keratitis

Part III. Limbal Stem Cell Disease

29 Chemical and Thermal Injuries to the Ocular Surface
30 Erythema Multiforme, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
31 Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid
32 Congenital Stem Cell Deficiency
33 Iatrogenic Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency

Part IV. Management of Severe Ocular Surface Diseases

34 Medical Management of Ocular Surface Disease
35 Contact Lenses for Ocular Surface Disease
36 Ocular Surface Disease: Surgical Management
37 Amniotic Membrane Transplantation: Indications and Techniques

Part V. Ocular Surface Transplantation

38 Pre-operative Staging of Ocular Surface Disease
39 The Classification of Ocular Surface Transplantation
40 Conjunctival Limbal Autograft
41 Living-Related Conjunctival -Limbal Allograft (Lr-Clal) Transplantation
42 Keratolimbal Allograft
43 Tissue-Engineering for Reconstruction of the Corneal Epithelium
44 Cultured Limbal Epithelial Stem Cells for Reconstruction of the Corneal Epithelium
45 Non Ocular Sources for Cell-Based Ocular Surface Reconstruction
46 Immunosuppression in Ocular Surface Stem Cell Transplantation
47 Ocular Surface Transplantation: Outcomes and Complications
48 Keratoplasty in Ocular Surface Disease
49 Indications for the Boston Keratoprosthesis
50 Boston Keratoprosthesis Surgical Technique
51 Boston Keratoprosthesis Complications
52 Boston Keratoprosthesis Outcomes
53 Modified Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis: MOOKP
54 Treatment Paradigms for the Management of Severe Ocular Surface Disease