434 Pages
by
CRC Press
434 Pages
by
CRC Press
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The aim of eye muscle surgery is to restore alignment of the visual axes and ocular stability. Albeit compensatory and largely empirical, this surgery can be perfected with a better understanding of the physiopathological mechanisms involved, more detailed semiological analysis, the taking into account of intraoperative data and the use of microsurgical technique. The three parts of this book... Read more
PART ONE: BASIC DATA IN EYE MUSCLE SURGERY Chapter 1: Modeling and dynamics of the oculomotor complex Chapter 2: Effects of surgery Chapter 3: Evaluation of the extraocular muscle disorder Chapter 4: Amount of surgery Chapter 5: Psychological context of strabismus surgery PART TWO: OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES Chapter 6: Anaesthesia Chapter 7: Surgical equipment Chapter 8: Preparation for surgery Chapter 9: Access to the extraocular muscles: incision, muscle dissection, and sutures Chapter 10: Rectus muscle surgery Chapter 11: Oblique muscle surgery Chapter 12: Repeat surgery (technical aspects) Chapter 13: Use of the microscope in extraocular muscle surgery Chapter 14: Incidents and complications related to surgical techniques Chapter 15: Concomitant strabismus Chapter 16: Nystagmus Chapter 17: Paralytic strabismus Chapter 18: Restrictive, neuro-myogenic and myogenic disorders Subject index.
Biography
André ROTH, Professor em. of Ophthalmology, Medical School of Geneva (Switzerland), Consultant in Strabismology. Claude SPEEG-SCHATZ Professor of Ophthalmology, Head of the Orthoptic Training School, University Eye-Department, Medical School of Strasbourg (France). Translated from French by Susan E. HOUGHTON.
