Practical Handbook for Small-Gauge Vitrectomy A Step-By-Step Introduction to Surgical Techniques /

• Main Authors: Spandau, Ulrich (Author), Heimann, Heinrich (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Ophthalmology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Since the development of 23G vitrectomy in 2004, the technique has revolutionized retinal surgery by overcoming a number of the problems associated with 20G and 25G systems and offering significant improvements in surgical capability and fluidics. This important book first discusses the instruments...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to small-gauge vitrectomy
• Equipment
• General considerations and techniques of pars plana vitrectomy
• Special techniques for pars plana vitrectomy
• Conventional vitrectomy with 3-port trocar system
• Bimanual vitrectomy with 4-port trocar system
• Diabetic retinopathy
• Dislocated IOL and dropped nucleus
• Endophthalmitis
• Detachment
• Trauma
• Surgical pearls
• Appendix.