Pterygium Surgery

CongXiang Wang, ShaoWei Li (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

175 Seiten

2024 | 2024 ed.
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-99-6842-8 (ISBN)

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This book describes the related topics in pterygium surgery, complied with cases, pictures and videos. This book contains 3 parts and 8 chapters. Part I covers basic information, briefly presenting the epidemiology, aetiology, and pathogenesis of pterygium and associated pathological changes; Part II focuses on the clinical aspects of pterygium to introduce the clinical classification, manifestations, prevention, and nonsurgical treatment of primary pterygium and to distinguish primary pterygium from recurrent pterygium and pseudopterygium; and Part III addresses surgical considerations, with descriptions of the indications, preoperative examinations, and perioperative management, and explains the aesthetic rating and recurrence index for primary pterygium surgery. Specifically, 6 surgical methods for primary pterygium are discussed.

Editor Cong-Xiang Wang is a surgeon at the department of Cornea and Ocular Surface, Aier Eye Hospital, Changsha, China. Editor Dr. Shao-Wei Li is the Director of Academic Committee of Corneal Disease, Aier Eye Hospital Group, Beijing, China.

Epidemiology.- Pathogenesis and histopathology.- Clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of pterygium.- Indications and evaluation of pterygium surgery.- Perioperative management of pterygium surgery.- Primary pterygium surgery.- Recurrent pterygium surgery.- Management of pterygium surgery complications.

Erscheinungsdatum	28.08.2024
Zusatzinfo	214 Illustrations, color; VII, 175 p. 214 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Augenheilkunde
Schlagworte	epidemiology • etiology • non-surgical treatment • pathogenesis • primary pterygium • pseudopterygium • recurrent pterygium
ISBN-10	981-99-6842-9 / 9819968429
ISBN-13	978-981-99-6842-8 / 9789819968428
Zustand	Neuware