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Ophthalmology in Military and Civilian Casualty Care

  • Designed to improve ophthalmic casualty outcomes across military settings

  • Addresses the special needs of those managing ophthalmic trauma on today’s battlefield

  • Presents a dynamic array of challenges and solutions for resource-limited care environments

  • Compressively discusses ophthalmology basics, oculoplastics and orbit, neuro-ophthalmology considerations, care under fire, ocular armor strategies, and the future of combat vision?

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Ophthalmic Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. History of Military Ophthalmology

      • Andrew S. Pan, Brett W. Davies
      Pages 3-7
    3. Damage Control Ophthalmology

      • Anthony J. Johnson, J. Richard Townley III
      Pages 9-14
    4. Damage Control Ophthalmology: Emergency Department Considerations

      • Ronnie K. Ren, Daniel J. Dire
      Pages 15-31
    5. Damage Control Ophthalmology: Anesthesia Considerations

      • Colonel Mark H. Chandler
      Pages 33-43
    6. Diagnostic Imaging Considerations in Damage Control Ophthalmology

      • Aaron M. Betts, John L. Ritter
      Pages 45-52
    7. Damage Control Surgery: Blast—Anterior Segment Trauma

      • Anthony J. Johnson, J. Richard Townley III, Joseph F. Pasternak
      Pages 53-62
    8. Posterior Segment

      • Marcus H. Colyer, Eric D. Weichel
      Pages 63-74
    9. Traumatic Glaucoma

      • Won I. Kim
      Pages 75-87
    10. Periocular and Orbital Trauma

      • Raymond I. Cho, Sheri L. DeMartelaere
      Pages 89-100
    11. Neuro-Ophthalmic Manifestations of Trauma

      • Sarah J. Kim, Prem S. Subramanian, Kimberly P. Cockerham
      Pages 101-110
    12. Pediatric Ophthalmology

      • William R. Raymond IV, Christiaan Kroesen, Richard H. Birdsong
      Pages 111-134
    13. Uveitis

      • R. Christopher Walton
      Pages 135-146
  3. Special Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
    2. Prehospital Care of Combat Eye Injuries

      • Frank K. Butler, Robert A. Mazzoli
      Pages 149-170
    3. Ocular Toxicology in Military and Civilian Disaster Environments

      • Derek L. Eisnor, Brent W. Morgan
      Pages 171-208
    4. Winning the Hearts and Minds: Ophthalmology

      • Robert W. Enzenauer, Francis G. La Piana, W. Dale Anderson, Warner D. “Rocky” Farr
      Pages 209-226
    5. Eye Armor

      • Thomas P. Ward, Francis G. La Piana
      Pages 227-240
    6. Humanitarian Missions

      • Darrel K. Carlton
      Pages 241-255

About this book

Trauma to the eye and associated structures account for a significant number of combat-related injuries, and combat ocular trauma has steadily risen in frequency over the last century. Ophthalmology in Military and Civilian Casualty Care comprehensively examines the accommodations and modifications that must be made in order to treat such ocular traumas in a military setting.


Created by ophthalmology experts actively serving in the military at various levels, this book is designed to improve ophthalmic casualty outcomes across military settings. A history of military ophthalmology serves as the opening chapter, setting the stage for subsequent chapters examining the intricacies and advancements of damage control ophthalmology, prehospital care of combat eye injuries, neuro-ophthalmic manifestations of trauma, and further severe ocular conditions. Later chapters explore the preventative and proactive efforts to reduce and treat combat-related ocular trauma by developing “eye armor” for the American infantry and military-affiliated ophthalmic surgical missions. Complete with high-quality color illustrations and figures, this unique book will serve as an invaluable, practical reference for military physicians, military ophthalmologists, ophthalmology professors, residents, and fellows interested in combat medicine and eye trauma.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Lieutenant Colonel, US Army Reserve San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio, USA

    Christopher J. Calvano

  • Brigadier General, US Army Retired Children’s Hospital of Colorado, Aurora, USA

    Robert W. Enzenauer

  • Colonel, US Army Retired Ophthalmology Service, JBSA Fort Sam, Houston, USA

    Anthony J. Johnson

About the editors

Christopher J. Calvano, MD, PhD

LTC USAR MC, FS and USAR Ophthalmology Consulting to OTSG

JBSA San Antonio Military Medical Center (Brooke Army MC and Wilford Hall 59th MW)

Department of Ophthalmology and Oculoplastic Surgery

JBSA-Lackland, TX

USA

Robert W. Enzenauer, MD, MPH, MSS, MBA

Brigadier General, US Army Retired

Professor of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics

Children’s Hospital of Colorado

Department of Ophthalmology

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Aurora, CO

USA

Anthony J. Johnson, MD

Colonel, US Army Retired

Chief, Cornea Service

Brooke Army Medical Center

Ophthalmology Service

Department of Surgery

JBSA, Fort Sam Houston, TX 

USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ophthalmology in Military and Civilian Casualty Care

  • Editors: Christopher J. Calvano, Robert W. Enzenauer, Anthony J. Johnson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14437-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-14435-7Published: 14 August 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-14437-1Published: 30 July 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 278

  • Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations, 119 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Ophthalmology, Traumatic Surgery

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