Primary Retinal Detachment

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. The History of Retinal Detachment Surgery

   • Kourous A. Rezaei, Gary W. Abrams

   Pages 1-24

3. Prophylaxis in Fellow Eye of Primary Retinal Detachment: What Not to Do and What to Do

   • Norman Byer

   Pages 25-34

4. Encircling Operation with Drainage for Primary Retinal Detachment

   • Hermann D. Schubert

   Pages 35-53

5. Pneumatic Retinopexy for Primary Retinal Detachment

   • Eric R. Holz, William F. Mieler

   Pages 55-80

6. Vitrectomy for the Primary Management of Retinal Detachment

   • Stanley Chang

   Pages 81-93

7. Minimal Segmental Buckling With Sponges and Balloons for Primary Retinal Detachment

   • Ingrid Kreissig

   Pages 95-144

8. Pharmacological Approaches to Improve Surgical Outcomes After Retinal Reattachment Surgery

   • Mark S. Blumenkranz

   Pages 145-159

9. Systematic Review of Efficacy and Safety of Surgery for Primary Retinal Detachment

   • Harvey Lincoff, Anne Lincoff, Marcin Stopa

   Pages 161-175

10. Repair of Primary Retinal Detachment: The Present State of the Art and How It Came About

    • Ingrid Kreissig, Harvey Lincoff

    Pages 177-191

11. Retinal Detachment Repair: Outlook for the Future

    • William R. Freeman

    Pages 193-207

12. Back Matter

    Pages 209-215

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This information-packed volume is the ultimate guide for today’s vitreo-retinal surgeon. It is written by leading experts in the field. The book begins with an extensive review, analyzing the evolution of present-day detachment surgery over the past 70 years. Here, a changing pattern of treatment modalities comes into view, with four primary procedures in use at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Experts in the field of retinal and vitreous surgery then describe the following surgical techniques: cerclage with drainage, pneumatic retinopexy, primary vitrectomy, and minimal segmental buckling without drainage. The advantages and disadvantages of each technique are assessed in relation to case selection, single operation attachment, final attachment, complications, visual function, and cost effectiveness. The techniques are then compared with each other. The volume continues with a description of the use of modern adjuvant pharmacotherapy (intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide, anti-metabolites, fluorouracil, daunorubicin, heparin, etc.) to improve the surgical and functional outcome of these techniques. Finally, in the chapter entitled 'Outlook for the Future,' new imaging techniques (ballistic light imaging, refined ultrasonography, wide angle pseudo color SLO, etc.) and anti-proliferative drugs are discussed. Ophthalmologists, fellows in retinal and vitreous surgery, and students and residents will find this book essential for diagnosing and repairing a primary retinal detachment. 

• Encircling Operation
• Retinal Detachment
• Retinopathy
• Segmental Buckling
• Surgery
• Vitrectomy
• eye
• retina

From the reviews:

"This remarkably concise book is intended as a guide for vitreoretinal surgeons to select, by informed choice, the correct operation for their patients. … There are a number of well illustrated selected case reports that consolidate the points made in the book. … A book like this should be essential reading for any aspiring vitreoretinal surgeon … . The presentation in terms of readability and quality of images and diagrams is outstanding. This excellent book is in some ways unique … ." (Wing Commander Robert AH Scott, Eye News, August/September, Vol. 12 (2), 2005)

• Department of Ophthalmology Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

  Ingrid Kreissig

• The Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, USA

  Ingrid Kreissig

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