Emergencies of the Orbit and Adnexa /

This handbook on orbital, lacrimal and eyelid emergencies deals with such situations in a practical manner guiding the ophthalmologists in accurate handling and making them more proficient and confident in managing vision and life-threatening emergencies. With 51 chapters and more than 150 images, t...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Mukherjee, Bipasha; Yuen, Hunter
Published: Springer India : Imprint: Springer,
Publisher Address: New Delhi :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1807-4
Summary: This handbook on orbital, lacrimal and eyelid emergencies deals with such situations in a practical manner guiding the ophthalmologists in accurate handling and making them more proficient and confident in managing vision and life-threatening emergencies. With 51 chapters and more than 150 images, this book covers all the eye emergencies that generalist and specialist ophthalmologists can expect to come across in their day to day practices. It can be argued that the orbit can no more be called Pandora s Box because of the unpredictable nature of its contents. This perception has changed over
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(XXII,490pages): illustrations
ISBN: 9788132218074
Index Number: RE1
CLC: R77
Contents: Systemic management in Orbital & Adnexal Emergencies -- Globe Rupture -- Subluxated Globes -- Exposure keratopathy due to absent or avulsed eyelids -- Periocular and adnexal injuries due to animal bites -- Chemical and thermal Injuries -- Endophthalmitis -- Eyelid trauma: general considerations -- Investigation of eyelid and lacrimal injuries -- Management of eyelid injuries -- Management of lacrimal system trauma -- Orbital Trauma: Mechanisms and investigations -- Types and management of orbital fractures -- Organic foreign bodies -- Inorganic foreign bodies -- Traumatic optic neuropathy --