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Informationen zum Autor David R. Hardten, MD is a cornea, refractive, and anterior surgery subspecialist in Minnesota. He teaches at many national and international meetings, and he highly values his involvement in resident and fellow teaching. He has served in leadership positions in many national ophthalmology organizations. Mark S. Hansen, MD is an anterior segment surgeon at Minnesota Eye Consultants. He is the fellowship director of the cornea and glaucoma fellowship program and enjoys teaching. He also participates in international ophthalmology trips and works to train local residents and surgeons in Central America. He is on the board of directors for a nonprofit organization, Central American Eye Clinics. Celine E. Satija, MD is a clinical cornea fellow at Tufts University New England Eye Center and Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston. She graduated from Princeton University with her undergraduate degree, after which she attended Tulane University School of Medicine. She completed her ophthalmology residency at the University of Minnesota. Klappentext Curbside Consultation in Cornea and External Disease, Second Edition contains new questions and brief, practical, evidence-based answers to the most frequently asked questions that are posed during a "curbside consultation" between clinicians. Dr. David R. Hardten and associate editors Zusammenfassung Curbside Consultation in Cornea and External Disease, Second Edition contains new questions and brief, practical, evidence-based answers to the most frequently asked questions that are posed during a “curbside consultation” between clinicians. Dr. David R. Hardten and associate editors Inhaltsverzeichnis Dedication Acknowledgments About the EditorsAbout the Associate Editor Contributing AuthorsPreface Section I: Corneal DystrophyQuestion 1: I Have a Patient With Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy. Is There Anything New to Improve Their Vision?Mark S. Gorovoy, MDQuestion 2: I Am Seeing a 64-Year-Old Woman for Cataract Evaluation. The Slit-Lamp Examination Is Significant for Anterior Basement Membrane Dystrophy Affecting the Visual Axis and 3+ Nuclear Sclerosis of the Lens in Both Eyes. How Should I Manage This Patient?Sadeer B. Hannush, MDQuestion 3: I Have a Patient With Bilateral Granular Corneal Dystrophy Who Is Struggling With Their Vision. What Can I Do to Help Them, Short of a Penetrating Keratoplasty?Christopher J. Rapuano, MD Section II: Corneal DegenerationQuestion 4: What Should I Do for a Young Patient With Mild Keratoconus?Nandini Venkateswaran, MD and Preeya K. Gupta, MDQuestion 5: I Have a Patient Who Is 25 Years Old With Progressive Keratoconus. Would It Be More Effective to Do Cross-Linking With the Epithelium On or Off in This Patient?Samuel Passi, MD and Sherman W. Reeves, MD, MPHQuestion 6: I Have a 38-Year-Old Patient With Fairly Advanced Keratoconus. Is There Anything I Can Do for Them?Martin L. Fox, MDQuestion 7: A Patient With High Cylinder Has Sudden Onset of Pain, Blurry Vision, and Corneal Edema. How Do I Manage This Patient?Kevin R. Tozer, MDQuestion 8: A Patient With Eye Irritation While Wearing Soft Contact Lenses Is Noted to Have White Elevated Nodules at the Limbus. Do They Need Surgery?Thomas Kohnen, MD, PhD Section III: External DiseaseQuestion 9: I Have a Patient With Significant Facial Rosacea With Chronic, Red, Irritated Eyes. They Have Some Peripheral Corneal Neovascularization and Are Struggling With Contact Lens Wear. How Can I Manage This Patient?Yvonne Wang, MD and Sumitra S. Khandelwal, MDQuestion 10: An 18-Year-Old Man Complaining of Severe Itchy Eyes and Redness Has Diffuse Eyelid Erythema With Dry Scaly Skin, Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, 2+ Conjunctival Bulbar and Palpebral Injection, and 3+ Papillae. Does He Need Steroid Drops?Brandon Baartman, MDQuestion 11: How Can I Help a 47-Year-Old Woman Who Uses Artificial Tears 6 Times Daily and Continue...
