The Orbit and the Visual Pathway

ISBN-13: 9783110128031 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 376 str.

D. Voth;Paul Glees

Spis treści

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- Preface and overview -- Introduction -- II. BASIC RESEARCH AND DIAGNOSTIC METHODS -- The orbit, some anatomical details -- Microsurgical anatomy of the ophthalmic artery -- The topography of the orbit as demonstrated by High- Resolution Computed Tomography and multiplanar reconstructions -- MRI of the orbit and optic chiasm -- MR imaging of space-occupying lesions in the orbit -- MRI in lesions of the visual pathway and surrounding structures -- Single photon emission tomography of the cranium -- Videoangiography - a new technique for the quantification of the Retinal circulation -- Measurement-based, reproducible ultrasonography of the orbit -- The possible value of Visual Evoked Potentials (VEP) in neurosurgical patients with tumors afflicting the visual pathway (a critical discussion) -- III. TUMORS OF THE ORBIT AND THE VISUAL PATHWAY -- Tumours of intracranial visual pathways -- Orbital Invasion by Intraocular Tumours -- Reconstructive surgery of the Orbital Region -- Hemangiomas in the periorbital region of infants and children -- Transconjunctival excision of retrobulbar cavernous hemangiomas -- Primary Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas of the Orbit -- Radiation Therapy of Malignant Lymphoma of the Eye and Orbit -- Acute hemorrhage and ischemic necrosis in pituitary adenomas - Pituitary Apoplexy -- Visual Disturbances in Childhood caused by Craniopharyngiomas -- Optic nerve glioma -- IV GRAVE'S OPHTHALMOPATHY -- CT-diagnosis in Grave's disease -- Orbital Decompression in severe Graves' Ophthalmopathy - Indication and Results in 110 operations -- Extended pterional decompression of the orbit: An alternative treatment in endocrine orbitopathy -- Results of surgical orbital decompression in Graves' disease -- Long-term study of endocrine ophthalmopathy (A retrospective observation of 297 patients) -- V. CAROTID CAVERNOUS FISTULA - DISTURBANCES OF CIRCULATION -- Carotid Cavernous Fistula: Anatomical Clinical correlations and Clinical Signs -- Ophthalmological problems in patients with spontaneous AV-Fistulas affecting the orbit -- Dopplersonographic Findings in Retinal Stroke and Chronic Ocular Ischemia - Their Pathogenetic Implications -- Quantitative video-fluorescenceangiography: Retinal circulation in internal carotid occlusion -- Amaurosis fugax: Sonographic findings and follow-up -- Hemodymanic in central vein occlusion -- VI. TRAUMATIC LESIONS -- Periorbital comminuted Fractures and their Relationship to the Facial Bones -- Primary and secondary reconstruction in the case of interdisciplinary surgical management of combined cranio-facial injuries -- Clinical and otolaryngological considerations of skull base injuries with special regard to bone plate fixation -- Restoration of eye motility in orbital floor fractures -- Classification and therapy of orbital floor fractures -- Functional results achieved by the surgical management of blow-out fractures -- Transethmoidal decompression of the optic nerve in the case of craniocerebral trauma -- AUTHOR'S INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX

O autorze

Der Neurochirurg Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter Voth hat seine zweite Berufung in der Beschäftigung mit der Jagd gefunden. Als Schriftsteller benutzt er den westfälischen Hofnamen Diether Cord Voigt von Velthaim.