Intravitreal Steroids

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Augustin, Albert J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Ophthalmology.; Medicine & Public Health.

This book explains how to use intravitreal steroids optimally in the management of patients with intraocular inflammation (uveitis) and macular edema. The rationale for this treatment approach is first explained by examining the pathophysiology of these disease entities, with particular attention to...

Table of Contents:

• Pathophysiology of Macular Edema in General – Results from basic research
• Pathophysiology of Macular Edema in Diabetes, Retinal Vein Occlusion and Uveitis
• Imaging before, during and after steroid therapy
• Devices for the delivery of steroids to the eye
• Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema with steroids
• Treatment of Macular Edema due to Retinal Vein Occlusion with steroids
• Treatment of Uveitis with steroids
• Steroids as a surgical adjunct
• Steroids in a combination strategy.