Unlike the cornea or lens, the retina is part of the central nervous system and cannot be replaced. Therefore degeneration of the outer retina is blinding, but trials using devices such as retinal implants which combine biology with technology are showing promise at restoring vision. Macular diseases are the most common cause of blindness in the developed countries. Edema of the macula may arise in the retina, such as in diabetes mellitus or in epiretinal membrane formation, but most importantly it is age-related insufficiency of the underlying retinal pigment epithelial cell that causes central scotoma. This volume on vitreo-retinal surgery is written by authors who are leaders in these fields of research. It covers the large body of experimental research performed to date on the most urgent clinical problems of vitreoretinal disease.

Indispensable for continuous education and advanced training All editors with international reputation and contributing authors with great expertise in their topic Well-structured text and design, quick and easy to read Bridges the gap between primary literature and daily practice Every 2nd year each subject is covered with timely information about new developments in the specialised field

Inhalt
Macular Holes.- Heavy Silicone Oil for Persistent Macular Holes.- The Role of Combined Adjunctive 5-Fluorouracil and Low Molecular Weight Heparin in Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Prevention.- Slippage of the Retina: What Causes It and How Can It Be Prevented?.- Complete and Early Vitrectomy for Endophthalmitis (CEVE) as Today's Alternative to the Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy Study.- Treatment of Acute Bacterial Endophthalmitis After Cataract Surgery Without Vitrectomy.- New Instruments in Vitrectomy.- 25-Gauge Biopsy of Uveal Tumors.- Vitrectomy Against Floaters.- Treatment of Retinal Detachment from Inferior Breaks with Pars Plana Vitrectomy.- Subclinical Retinal Detachment.- Autologous Translocation of the Choroid and RPE in Patients with Geographic Atrophy.