Broschiertes Buch

Choroidal Neovascularization

Beschreibung

The book discusses all aspects of choroidal neovascularization (CNV), including the basics, clinical conditions associated with CNV, clinical trials related to CNV, future directions and rehabilitation. The first section covers the pathogenesis, proposed mechanisms, disease models, histopathology and electronmicroscopy. The next section explores CNV secondary to various clinical conditions, such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), myopia, and less common conditions like choroidal osteoma. The book also covers clinical features, imaging characteristics, and treatment approaches, as well as clinical trials in CNV conditions with recent updates. Lastly, it features chapters on stem cell therapy, gene therapy, new molecules, and lasers, as well as a section on rehabilitation, which addresses home monitoring and low vision aids.

This book is intended for retina specialists, retina fellows and general ophthalmologists.

Autor

Dr. Jay Chhablani is a Vitreo-Retina Specialist at the University of Pittsburgh Eye Center. He completed a clinical vitreo-retina fellowship at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India, and was an International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) fellow at Jules Gonin Eye Hospital, Switzerland, in 2009. He was a Clinical Instructor at the Jacobs Retina Center at Shiley Eye Center, University of California, San Diego, USA (2010 to 2012) before joining the faculty at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India (2012-19). His areas of interest are macular disorders and recent imaging techniques. He has published more than 300 articles in peer-reviewed journals with a focus on the field of the choroid. He is the editor of the books Choroidal Disorders and Central Serous Chorioretinopathy, and he is on the review boards of all the high- impact ophthalmology journals. He is also on the editorial board of several specialty journals, including the American Journal of Ophthalmology. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Global ONE network committee. He has won several national and international awards and delivered the inaugural Ian Constable lecture at the Asia-Pacific Vitreo-Retina Society in 2016. He received the Inaugural Namperumalsamy Young Researcher Award in 2018, presented by the Vitreo-Retina Society of India.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Nature Singapore / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-981-15-2215-4
• 1st edition 2020
• Seitenzahl: 452
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 946g
• ISBN-13: 9789811522154
• ISBN-10: 9811522154
• Artikelnr.: 62181672