Macular Edema : Conference Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Macular Edema, Lausanne, 23-25 April 1998. Questo articolo non è disponibile.Macular Edema : Conference Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Macular Edema, Lausanne, 23-25 April 1998

This publication provides a monograph on the clinically important subject of macular edema. The book presents scientific concepts concerning the aetiology and pathogenesis of blood retinal barrier breakdown such as tight junction associated protein dysfunction, and changes in fluid transport properties of the retinal pigment epithelium. The bulk of the book is clinically oriented and addresses novel imaging and diagnostic techniques for the detection of macular edema as well as the clinical context of a panoply of ocular diseases which induce macular edema, such as diabetes, other vasculopathies, uveitis, and many others. New light is shed on the association between highly active antiretroviral therapy and the induction of macular edema in HIV-positive patients. Novel drug treatment regimens with steroids and carbonic anhydrase inhibitors as well as new ways of applying laser and surgical therapies are also discussed in detail, and practical treatment guidelines are given. This book should be helpful for vitreoretinal specialists as well as for the practising ophthalmologist confronted with patients suffering from macular edema.

Preface; T.J. Wolfensberger, L. Zografos. The historical discovery of macular edema; T.J. Wolfensberger. Basic science of macular edema. Clinical science of macular edema. Macular edema due to diabetes and other vasculopathies. Inflammatory and pseudophakic macular edema. Miscellaneous. Imaging of macular edema. Medical therapy of macular edema. Laser therapy of macular edema. Surgical therapy of macular edema.