Strabismus surgery and its complications /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coats, David K.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Olitsky, Scott E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, 2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I Surgical management of strabismus
  • 1 Surgically important anatomy
  • 2 Physiology of eye movements
  • 3 Indications for strabismus surgery
  • 4 Surgical decision making
  • 5 Preoperative and postoperative care
  • 6 Anesthesia considerations
  • 7 Equipment, operating room supplies, and patient preparation
  • 8 Techniques of exposure and closure and preliminary steps of surgery
  • 9 Recession of the rectus muscles and other weakening procedures
  • 10 Resection of the rectus muscles and other "strengthening" procedures
  • 11 Surgery on the inferior oblique muscle
  • 12 Surgery on the superior oblique tendon - 13 Transposition procedures
  • 14 Adjustable suture techniques
  • 15 Special procedures
  • 16 The use of botulinum neurotoxin in the treatment of strabismus
  • 17 Nonsurgical treatment of strabismus
  • Pt. II Complications of strabismus surgery
  • 18 Preoperative management errors
  • 19 Anterior segment and ocular surface complications of strabismus surgery
  • 20 Anterior segment ischemia
  • 21 Scleral perforation and penetration
  • 22 Postoperative infection
  • 23 Slipped and lost muscles
  • 24 Hemorrhage
  • 25 Adherence and adhesion syndromes
  • 26 Complications involving the ocular adnexa
  • 27 Unexpected and atypical anatomy
  • 28 Anesthesia-related complications
  • 29 Unexpected postoperative alignment
  • 30 Altered postoperative vision
  • 31 Persistent diplopia following surgery
  • 32 Medicolegal aspects of strabismus surgery.