Pediatric Ophthalmology

ISBN-13: 9789811949654 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023

Opis

The book provides a comprehensive review of the current trends in pediatric ophthalmology. It covers well-researched and up-to-date information and keeps the readers updated with the current literature. Pediatric ophthalmology is a vast area with multiple subspecialties and the book helps streamline the literature for rapid reference. The editors and authors are experts in the field.The book is helpful for the general ophthalmologist, ocular oncologist, ophthalmology residents and fellows in training optometrists.

Spis treści

1 Epidemiology of myopia and update on slowing the progression of myopia.- 2 Current management of amblyopia.- 3 Update on pediatric refractive surgery.- 4 Advances in management of retinopathy of prematurity.- 5 Update on infantile periocular hemangioma.- 6 Current management of pediatric uveitis.- 7 Update on retinoblastoma management.- 8 Current update on idiopathic intracranial hypertension.- 9 Current management of pediatric glaucoma.- 10 Congenital cataract – an update.- 11  Pediatric corneal transplantation.- 12 Clinical guide to management of childhood nystagmus.- 13 Update on management of optic nerve glioma.

O autorze

Dr. Aparna Ramasubramanian is an ocular oncologist and pediatric ophthalmologist and is the Director of the retinoblastoma program at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. After her ophthalmology residency at Indiana University, she did an ocular oncology fellowship at Wills Eye Institute, Philadelphia, and a pediatric ophthalmology fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is the author of the leading textbook on ‘Retinoblastoma’ and is the program developer for the ‘Cure Retinoblastoma’ campaign by the Children’s Eye Foundation. She received the American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award in 2018 and treats both adults and kids with eye cancer.