Offers state-of-the-art coverage of key areas such as OCT and current imaging techniques for the eye, orbit and visual pathways; anti-VEGF treatment for retinopathy of prematurity; pediatric cataracts; childhood glaucoma; and minimally invasive strabismus surgery.
Contains five new chapters covering Imaging the Child’s Eye, Aniridia Syndromes, Mitochondrial Disorders, Neurofibromatosis Type 1 and 2, and Myasthenia Gravis.
Includes a unique "practical problems" section designed to help you handle difficult patient situations and a "how to" perform strabismus surgery chapter with extensive step-by-step illustrations for complete visual guidance.
Features more than 1,800 high-quality images and illustrations, including 600 new to this edition, that provide visual guidance in diagnosis and management.
Provides access to more than 50 narrated instructional video clips (nine are new!) depicting multiple diagnostic and surgical techniques, including the insertion of prosthetic eyes, lensectomy, pediatric cataract extraction, complications during strabismus surgery, goniotomy, the removal of conjunctival tumors, and more.
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
SECTION I Epidemiology, growth, and development 1 Epidemiology and world-wide impact of visual impairment in children 2 Clinical embryology and development of the eye 3 Normal and abnormal visual development 4 Milestones and normative data SECTION II Core practice 5 Examination, history, and special tests in pediatric ophthalmology 6 Managing refractive errors in children 7 Pediatric visual electrophysiology – objective measurement of visual function 8 Imaging the child’s eye 9 Orbit and visual pathway imaging 10 Genetics and pediatric ophthalmology SECTION III Infections, allergic and external eye disorders 11 Ocular manifestations of intrauterine infections 12 Conjunctivitis of the newborn 13 Preseptal and orbital cellulitis 14 Endophthalmitis 15 External eye disease and the oculocutaneous disorders SECTION IV Systematic pediatric ophthalmology PART ONE Disorders of the eye as a whole 16 Disorders of the eye as a whole PART TWO Lids, brows, and oculoplastics 17 Lids: congenital and acquired abnormalities − practical management 18 The lacrimal system PART THREE Orbit 19 The management of orbital disease in children 20 Vascular diseases of the orbit 21 Neurogenic tumors of the orbit 22 Orbital rhabdomyosarcoma 23 Other mesenchymal abnormalities 24 Metastatic, secondary, and lacrimal gland tumors 25 Histiocytic, hematopoietic, and lymphoproliferative disorders 26 Craniofacial abnormalities 27 Cystic lesions and ectopias 28 Inflammatory disorders PART FOUR External disease and anterior segment 29 Conjunctiva and subconjunctival tissue 30 Conjunctival tumors 31 Anterior segment developmental anomalies 32 Corneal abnormalities in childhood 33 Corneal surgery 34 The lens 35 Childhood cataracts 36 Childhood glaucoma PART FIVE The uvea 37 Pediatric iris disorders 38 Aniridia syndrome 39 Uveitis 40 Albinism PART SIX Retinal and vitreous disorders 41 Vitreous 42 Retinoblastoma 43 Retinopathy of prematurity: pathophysiology and screening 44 Current treatment of retinopathy of prematurity 45 Inherited retinal disorders 46 Retinal dystrophies with systemic associations and the retinal ciliopathies 47 Inherited macular dystrophies 48 Congenital pigmentary and vascular abnormalities of the retina 49 Retinal flecks, dots, and crystals 50 Acquired and other retinal disorders (including juvenile X-linked retinoschisis) 51 Retinal detachment in childhood PART SEVEN Neural visual systems 52 The pupil 53 Congenital anomalies of the optic discs 54 Hereditary optic neuropathies 55 Other acquired optic disc abnormalities in children 56 Demyelinating, inflammatory, and infectious optic neuropathies 57 The optic chiasm 58 Headache in children 59 Raised intracranial pressure 60 The brain and cerebral visual impairment SECTION V Selected topics in pediatric ophthalmology 61 Delivering bad news 62 Common issues arising in children with visual impairment 63 Visual conversion disorders and fabricated or exaggerated symptoms in children 64 Dyslexia 65 Neurometabolic disease and the eye 66 Leukemia 67 Mitochondrial disorders 68 Phakomatoses 69 Neurofibromatosis type 1 and neurofibromatosis type 70 Accidental trauma in children 71 Child maltreatment, abusive head trauma, and the eye 72 Refractive surgery in children SECTION VI Amblyopia, strabismus, and eye movements PART ONE The fundamentals of strabismus and amblyopia 73 Binocular vision, 830 74 Amblyopia: the basics, the questions, and the practical management 75 Anatomy of strabismus 76 The orthoptic assessment PART TWO Esotropias 77 Infantile esotropias 78 Accommodative esotropias 79 Special esotropias (acute comitant, myopia-associated, and microtropia) PART THREE Exotropias 80 Intermittent exotropia 81 Special forms of comitant exotropia PART FOUR Vertical, “pattern” strabismus, and abnormal head posture 82 Vertical strabismus 83 “A,” “V,” and other pattern strabismus PART FIVE “Neurological” strabismus 84 Congenital cranial dysinnervation disorders 85 Ocular motor nerve palsies 86 Myasthenia gravis in children PART SIX Strabismus treatment 87 Strabismus: non-surgical treatment 88 Strabismus surgery 89 Complications in strabismus surgery PART SEVEN Nystagmus and eye movements 90 Nystagmus in childhood 91 Supranuclear eye movement disorders, acquired and neurologic nystagmus SECTION VII Common practical problems in a pediatric ophthalmology and 92 “I think my baby can’t see!” 93 “My baby’s got a red eye, Doctor!” 94 “My child keeps blinking and closing his eye” 95 “My child seems to hate the bright light” 96 “My child’s eyes keep watering” 97 Proptosis at different ages 98 “My child’s teacher says she can’t see properly” 99 The child with a dual sensory loss (deafblind) 100 “My little girl tells me she sees strange things” 101 Wobbly eyes in infancy 102 Abnormal head postures in children 103 Hand defects and the eye 104 Optimizing compliance in patching therapy 105 Vision screening Index
Christopher J. Lyons, MB, FRCS, FRCOphth, FRCSC, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia; Department of Ophthalmology, BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada and Scott R. Lambert, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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