Ocular surface : anatomy and physiology, disorders, and therapeutic care

✍ Scribed by Raul Martin Herranz; Rosa M Corrales Herran

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis/CRC Press
• Year: 2013
• Leaves: 364
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"This book has been conceived to aid to eye care practitioners such as ophthalmologists and optometrists as well as other eye care or research professionals such as biologists, biochemists and medical doctors interested in the Ocular Surface.This text is divided into four main sections. The first section is dedicated towards the anatomy and physiology of the ocular surface (defining ocular surface concept, tear film structure, corneal and conjunctival anatomy, etc.). The second section covers the most common ocular surface disorders (dry eye, anterior and posterior blepharitis, keratitis, ocular allergy, cicatricial conjunctivitis, and the ocular surface alterations related with Glaucoma treatment). The third section delineates the therapeutic care of these disorders, including topical, systemic and surgical treatment options and the fourth section addresses the relationship of the ocular surface and contact lenswear (describing the indications for contact lenses wear, their complications and managing the adverse effects related with contact lens-wear)"--Provided by publisher. Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Machine generated contents note: Section I Anatomy and Physiology of the Ocular Surface --
1.Definition of the Ocular Surface / Andrea Petznick --
2.The Human Tear Film / Pablo Argueso --
3.Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Cornea and Conjunctiva / Michael J. Doughty --
Section II Ocular Surface Disorders --
4.Dry Eye / Cintia S. de Paiva --
5.Anterior and Posterior Blepharitis / Adriana Alvim Bonfioli --
6.Keratitis / Flavia S.A. Pelegrino --
7.Ocular Allergy / Laura Motterle --
8.Cicatricial Conjunctivitis / Bety Yanez Alvarez --
9.Ocular Surface and Glaucoma / Rodrigo Martin Torres --
Section III Care of Ocular Surface Disorders --
10.Pathogenesis and Treatment of Dry Eye Syndrome / Cintia S. de Paiva --
11.Management of Keratitis / Flavia S.A. Pelegrino --
12.Management of Ocular Allergy / Laura Motterle --
13.Management of Cicatricial Conjunctivitis / Bety Yanez Alvarez --
14.Management Options for Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency / Rafael I. Barraquer --
15.Ocular Surface Reconstruction / Jose M. Herreras --
Section IV Ocular Surface and Contact Lens --
16.Contact Lenses Definitions / Victoria de Juan Herraez --
17.Contact Lens Induced Ocular Surface Alterations / Inma Perez-Gomez --
18.Therapeutic use of Contact Lenses / Raul Martin Herranz --
19.The Tear Film Interaction with Contact Lenses / Maruccio Giuseppe --
20.Contact Lens Care Solutions and Ocular Surface / Daniela Lopes-Ferreira.
Abstract: "This book has been conceived to aid to eye care practitioners such as ophthalmologists and optometrists as well as other eye care or research professionals such as biologists, biochemists and medical doctors interested in the Ocular Surface.This text is divided into four main sections. The first section is dedicated towards the anatomy and physiology of the ocular surface (defining ocular surface concept, tear film structure, corneal and conjunctival anatomy, etc.). The second section covers the most common ocular surface disorders (dry eye, anterior and posterior blepharitis, keratitis, ocular allergy, cicatricial conjunctivitis, and the ocular surface alterations related with Glaucoma treatment). The third section delineates the therapeutic care of these disorders, including topical, systemic and surgical treatment options and the fourth section addresses the relationship of the ocular surface and contact lenswear (describing the indications for contact lenses wear, their complications and managing the adverse effects related with contact lens-wear)"--Provided by publisher