1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456948403321

Autore

Kreissig Ingrid

Titolo

A practical guide to minimal surgery for retinal detachment [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 1 Diagnostics, segmental buckling without drainage, case presentations / / Ingrid Kreissig

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart ; ; New York, : Thieme, 2000

ISBN

9786612950469

3-13-160691-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Soggetti

Retinal detachment - Surgery

Endoscopic surgery

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A Practical Guide to Minimal Surgery for Retinal Detachment; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Preface; Contents; 1 Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Vitreous Body; 1.3 Precursors of Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment; 1.4 Characteristics of Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment; References; 2 Preoperative Examination; 2.1 How to Find the Break or Breaks; 2.2 The 4 Rules to Find the Primary Break; 2.2.1 Superior Temporal or Nasal Detachments; 2.2.2 Total or Superior Detachments that Cross the 12 o'Clock Meridian; 2.2.3 Inferior Detachments

2.2.4 "Inferior" Bullous Detachments2.3 Some Special Types of Detachment; 2.3.1 Inferior Detachment with a Hole at 6 o'Clock; 2.3.2 Inferior Detachment in Presence of a Buckle; 2.3.3 "Total" Detachment; 2.3.4 Mixed Detachment with Convex and Concave Components; 2.4 Summary; 3 Acute Rhegmatogenous Vitreous Hemorrhage; 3.1 Precursors of Retinal Detachment in the Presence of Vitreous Hemorrhage; 3.2 Topography of Acute "Vitreous" Hemorrhage; 3.3 Conservative Management; 3.4 Clinical Study and Results; 3.5 Summary; References; 4 Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment "without" a Break



4.1 Characteristics of a Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment4.2 Optical Problems in the Search for the Retinal Break; 4.2.1 Hazy Media; 4.2.2 Pupillary Obstruction; 4.3 Techniques for Finding a Tiny Break; 4.3.1 Define the Borders of the Retinal Detachment; 4.3.2 Use Special Magnification; 4.4 Intraoperative Techniques for Finding a Tiny Break; 4.4.1 Re-study the Retinal Periphery with Depression; 4.4.2 Diagnostic Freezing at Special Points; 4.4.3 Diagnostic Balloon in the Area of Suspicion; 4.4.4 Prospective Segmental Buckling; 4.4.5 Diagnostic Expanding Gas Bubble (Descending or Ascending)

4.4.6 Vitrectomy in Conjunction with Heavy Perfluorocarbon Liquids4.5 Summary; References; 5 Differential Diagnosis: Rhegmatogenous versus Nonrhegmatogenous Retinal Detachments; 5.1 Peripheral Retinal Elevations; 5.1.1 Cystoid Degeneration; 5.1.2 Degenerative Retinoschisis; 5.1.3 Edema; 5.2 Central Elevations; 5.2.1 Macular Full-Thickness versus Lamellar Hole; 5.2.2 Ischemic Edema; 5.2.3 Optic Pit Maculopathy; 5.2.4 Tractional Retinal Detachment; 5.2.5 Tractional Retinal Schisis; 5.2.6 Clinical Study; 5.3 Dependent Retinal Elevations; 5.3.1 Exudative Detachments; References; 6 The Fellow Eye

6.1 Diagnostic Procedures6.2 Epidemiology; 6.3 Prophylactic Treatment; Reference; 7 Cryosurgery; 7.1 Cryosurgery in Relation to Retinal Detachment Surgery; 7.2 Research and Development in Cryosurgery; 7.2.1 Dosage of Thermal Applications; 7.2.2 Adhesive Strength of Thermal Lesions; 7.2.3 Development of Adhesive Strength over Time; 7.2.4 Ophthalmoscopic Appearance of Cryosurgical Lesions; 7.2.5 Histology of Cryopexy Lesions; 7.2.6 Summary; 7.3 Remodeling of the Cryosurgical Adhesion over Time; 7.4 Basic Information for the Detachment Surgeon from Thermal Experiments

7.5 Clinical Application of Cryosurgery (Cryopexy)

Sommario/riassunto

Dr. Kreissig has spent a lifetime refining and teaching the minimalized approach to repairing retinal detachments.  In this book, you will get the benefit of her ...



2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00192348

Autore

FOX, Barbara A.

Titolo

Discourse structure and anaphora : written and conversational English / Barbara A. Fox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : Cambridge University Press, 1987 ( (rist. 1995)

ISBN

05-214-3990-6

Descrizione fisica

viii, 173 p. ; 23 cm

Disciplina

420

Soggetti

Lingua inglese - Anafora

Lingua inglese - Analisi strutturale

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia