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Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis

A Comprehensive Guide

  • Written by internationally renowned authors who are experts in the field
  • Includes practical tips and guidelines for diagnosis and therapy of these disorders
  • Serves as a guide for comprehensive ophthalmologists and cornea specialists
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Essentials in Ophthalmology (ESSENTIALS)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Basics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Anatomical Considerations

      • Saranya Devi, Anin Sethi, Noopur Gupta, Seema Sen, M. Vanathi
      Pages 3-9
    3. Etiopathogenesis

      • Manotosh Ray, Hwei Wuen Chan
      Pages 11-15
    4. Clinical Evaluation

      • Prafulla K. Maharana, Rajesh Pattebahadur, Namrata Sharma
      Pages 17-25
    5. Investigative Modalities

      • Divya Singh, Anat Galor, Radhika Tandon
      Pages 27-34
    6. General Principles of Medical Therapy

      • Radhika Tandon, Archita Singh, Virender Singh Sangwan
      Pages 35-49
    7. General Principles of Surgery

      • Hazel Anne Lin, Hui Chen Charmaine Chai, Donald Tan
      Pages 51-57
  3. Clinical Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
    2. Clinical Syndromes, Classifications, and Differential Diagnosis

      • Swapnali Sabhapandit, Somasheila I. Murthy
      Pages 61-80
    3. Infectious Causes

      • Ana Luísa Hofling-Lima, Eduardo Gayger Müller
      Pages 81-92
    4. Noninfectious Causes

      • Jessica Chow, Vincent P. deLuise
      Pages 93-105
  4. Guide to Treatment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
    2. Medical Therapy Algorithms

      • Archita Singh, Radhika Tandon, Virender Singh Sangwan
      Pages 109-119
    3. C-shaped Lamellar Corneal Patch Grafts “Match and Patch” Technique

      • Hui Chen Charmaine Chai, Hazel Anne Lin, Donald Tan
      Pages 121-127
    4. Practical Guide to Immunomodulatory Agents

      • Ramana S. Moorthy, Shailaja Valluri
      Pages 129-140
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 141-146

About this book

A handy manual for cornea specialists, this book provides detailed practical information about a complex, sight-threatening disease that can be challenging to diagnose and manage. This text features chapters dedicated to outlining all facets of diagnosis and management while covering both medical and surgical treatment options. Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis, supplemented with useful references and appendices to provide simple step by step algorithms, is written by internationally renowned authors who are experts in the field.Including practical tips and guidelines for diagnosis and therapy of these disorders, Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis is designed to serve as a guide for comprehensive ophthalmologists and should find itself on the bookshelves of ophthalmology clinics, corneal practices and training programs across the country. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Cornea and Refractive Services, Ophthalmology, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi, India

    Radhika Tandon

  • Department of Ophthalmology, Clinical Ophthalmology, Miami VAMC, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, USA

    Anat Galor

  • Clinical Trial Center, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India

    Virender Singh Sangwan

  • Department of Ophthalmology, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore and, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Manotosh Ray

About the editors

Radhika Tandon, MD, DNB, FRCSEd, FRCOphth

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences<

Department of Cornea and Refractive Services, Ophthalmology, New Delhi, Delhi, India


Anat Galor, MD, MSPH<

Clinical Ophthalmology,

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute,

University of Miami

Department of Ophthalmology, Miami, Florida, USA


Virender Singh Sangwan, MS

L. V. Prasad Eye Institute

Clinical Trial Center, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India


Manotosh Ray MBBS, MD, FRCSEd

Cornea & Refractive Services, Department of Ophthalmology

National University Health System 

Yong Loo Lin school of Medicine (NUS)

Singapore

 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis

  • Book Subtitle: A Comprehensive Guide

  • Editors: Radhika Tandon, Anat Galor, Virender Singh Sangwan, Manotosh Ray

  • Series Title: Essentials in Ophthalmology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50404-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50402-5Published: 17 March 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84392-6Published: 21 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50404-9Published: 09 March 2017

  • Series ISSN: 1612-3212

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-890X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 146

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Ophthalmology

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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