Author: Martinez-Toldos José J, Hoyos Jairo E

This book Step by Step Vitrectomy covers all aspects of vitreoretinal surgery, from anatomy of the interior eye, the pre-surgery examination of the patient, complementary tests, passing through an exhaustive analysis of instrumentation and its different uses, to the treatment of commonly-faced problems, such as diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment with or without proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) and macular disease. In this edition chapters on 27 gauge vitrectomy instruments, enzyme lysis or new products that are still under investigation or development. The chapter on the organization of the surgical area will be of interest to those freshly starting out in this discipline. Although theoretical aspects are key to this work, the photographs and footage of surgery provided will be of great practical use to the surgeon who wishes to analyze and improve on given surgical steps or procedures. The objective of this book is to provide a descriptive reference of all the necessary procedures and how these should be used in basic vitreoretinal surgery. In this book also prepared a video showing the different surgical procedures featuring experts who describe the techniques of tissue staining, removing epiretinal and internal limiting membranes, treating the various forms of proliferative retinopathy, lensectomy procedures, how to manage myopic maculoschisis and the use of new medications.

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