Step by Step: Vitrectomy (2^nd Ed.) Step by Step Series

The vitreous humour is a clear gel positioned behind the iris (coloured part) and the lens, and in front of the retina (back of the eye). Vitrectomy is the surgical removal of the vitreous humour, a procedure needed to allow ophthalmic surgeons to diagnose and treat underlying disease in the eye.

This new edition provides a step by step guide to vitrectomy surgeries. Beginning with a description of the anatomy and physiology, the role of optical coherence tomography and anaesthesia, the following chapters discuss vitrectomy procedures for different ocular diseases and disorders.

Written by a recognised Spanish author and editor team, the second edition includes new chapters, more than 350 full colour images and illustrations, and a DVD demonstrating vitrectomy surgery.

Key points

• Step by step guide to vitrectomy surgery
• Includes new chapters
• Features more than 350 colour images and illustrations
• Includes DVD
• Spanish author and editor team
• Previous edition published in 2006

• Chapter 1: Surgical Anatomy
• Chapter 2: Presurgery Examination
• Chapter 3: Vitrectomy and Optical Coherence Tomography
• Chapter 4: Anesthesia
• Chapter 5: Instrumentation
• Chapter 6: Basic Vitrectomy
• Chapter 7: Pars Plana Lensectomy
• Chapter 8: Basic Endoscopic Vitrectomy
• Chapter 9: Minimal Incision Vitrectomy Surgery: Twenty- Three, Twenty-Five and Twenty-Seven Gauge
• Chapter 10: Vitrectomy in Anterior Segment Surgery Complications
• Chapter 11: Eye Trauma Vitrectomy
• Chapter 12: Basic Vitrectomy in Diabetic Retinopathy
• Chapter 13: Macular Surgery
• Chapter 14: Vitrectomy for Retinal Detachment with and without Proliferative Vitreoretinipathy
• Chapter 15: Current Indications of Antiangiogenics in Vitrectomy
• Chapter 16: Use of Sustained Drug Release Implants in Vitrectomized Eyes
• Chapter 17: Enzymatic Vitrectomy
• Chapter 18: Posterior Vitrectomy Complications

Jose J Martinez-Toldos MD PhD
University General Hospital, Elche, Spain

Jairo E Hoyos MD PhD
Physician of Ophthalmology, Instituto Oftalmologico Hoyos, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain