Ocular Traumatology

About this book

• From the lid to the optic nerve of both mechanical and nonmechanical trauma, this unique book, edited by a world-recognized authority in the field, covers all aspects of ophthalmic trauma.
• The coverage focuses on practical issues, but also incorporates cutting-edge approaches, such as temporary keratosprosthesis, artificial iris diaphragm, and prophylactic retinectomy.
• With information based on epidemiologic and clinical data from evaluation to management, this book explains and answers not simply the when, the what, and the how, but also the why.
• The user-friendly format, includes a huge number of tables, flowcharts and illustrations, and thus allows readers to quickly find the information they need.
• In addition, all chapters are written using standardized ocular traumatology terminology.
• As if that weren’t enough, the book also contains management issues and unique epidemiological information from the world’s largest database (United States Eye Injury Registry).
• An accompanying DVD illustrates via video-clips the surgical procedures covered in the book.

Written for:

Residents in ophthalmology, general ophthalmologists, other specialists in the field of ophthalmology, emergency room physicians, health care professionals such as epidemiologists and public health officials

Keywords:

• Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology
• Classification
• Eye Injury
• Mechanical Eye Injuries
• Ocular Traumatology
• Perforating Injuries

Contents

Section I

• 1.1 Terminology of Mechanical Injuries: the Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology (BETT)
  Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris, Viktória Mester, C. Douglas Witherspoon
• 1.2 Classification of Mechanical Eye Injuries
  Ferenc Kuhn and Dante Pieramici
• 1.3 Predicting the Severity of an Eye Injury: the Ocular Trauma Score (OTS)
  Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris, Viktoria Mester, C. Douglas Witherspoon, LoRetta Mann
• 1.4 Counseling the Injured Individual and the Family
  Ferenc Kuhn and Robert Morris
• 1.5 From the Other Side: the Patient’s Viewpoint
  Gábor Kocsis
• 1.6 Myths and Truths in Ocular Traumatology
  Ferenc Kuhn and Dante Pieramici
• 1.7 Clinical Epidemiology, Prevention, and Rehabilitation
  Ferenc Kuhn
• 1.8 Strategic Thinking in Ocular Traumatology
  Ferenc Kuhn
• 1.9 Evaluation
  Ferenc Kuhn
• 1.10 Emergency Management
  Ferenc Kuhn

Section II

• 2.1 Conjunctiva
  Ferenc Kuhn
• 2.2 Cornea
  Ferenc Kuhn
• 2.3 Sclera and Limbus
  Ferenc Kuhn
• 2.4 Tissue Prolapse
  Ferenc Kuhn
• 2.5 Anterior Chamber
  Ferenc Kuhn
• 2.6 Iris and Pupil
  Ferenc Kuhn
• 2.7 Lens
  Ferenc Kuhn and Viktória Mester
• 2.8 Ciliary Body and Choroid
  Ferenc Kuhn
• 2.9 Vitreous and Retina
  Ferenc Kuhn
• 2.10 Trauma By Blunt Object: Contusions
  Ferenc Kuhn
• 2.11 Open Globe Injury: a Brief Overview
  Ferenc Kuhn
• 2.12 Trauma By Blunt Object: Ruptures
  Ferenc Kuhn
• 2.13 Penetrating Injuries and IOFBs
  Ferenc Kuhn
• 2.14 Perforating Injuries
  Ferenc Kuhn
• 2.15 Injury Involving the Entire Globe
  Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris, C. Douglas Witherspoon
• 2.16 Ocular Trauma in Children and in Elderly Patients
  Ferenc Kuhn
• 2.17 Endophthalmitis
  Ferenc Kuhn
• 2.18 Posttraumatic Glaucoma
  Ferenc Kuhn
• 2.19 Hypotony
  Ferenc Kuhn
• 2.20 Endoscopy
  Claude Boscher and Ferenc Kuhn

Section III

• 3.1 Chemical Injuries
  Norbert Schrage and Ferenc Kuhn
• 3.2 Electromagnetic Trauma
  Yaniv Barkana, Michael Belkin, Ferenc Kuhn
• 3.3 The Effects of Systemic Trauma on the Eye
  Wolfgang Schrader and Ferenc Kuhn
• Subject Index