Main description:

Pathologic Myopia is a major cause of severe vision loss worldwide. The mechanisms for vision loss include cataract, glaucoma, retinal detachment, and above all, myopic maculopathy within the posterior staphyloma. The first edition of Pathologic Myopia is one of the only current books to specifically address this disease and discusses recent developments in imaging technologies and various approaches to treatments, such as laser photocoagulation, photodynamic therapy, pharmaco-therapeutic injections in the vitreous, and surgery.

This new edition is a timely update to the standard reference in the field, with new chapters on advanced refractive error correction, genetics, developing a classification system, and special surgical approaches for pathologic myopia. Complete with even more high-quality color images and informative tables, this book is written and edited by leaders in the field and is geared towards ophthalmologists, including residents and fellows in training, glaucoma and cataract specialists, and vitreoretinal macula experts.

Contents:

Section 1 - Basic Science of Pathologic Myopia

1 History of myopia research

2 Definition of myopia

3 Epidemiology

4 Genetics New chapter

5 Public Health Impact of Pathologic Myopia

6 Animal Models of Myopia and basic mechanism of myopia development

7 The Sclera in Myopia

Section 2 Ocular Changes in the Development of Pathologic Myopia

8 Update on the pathology of PM

9 Scleral Changes

10 Choroid

11 Theories of myopization including Bruch's membrane changes

12 The Optic Nerve / Abnormalities of the Papillary and Peripapillary Regions

13 Vitreous Changes

14 Ultra wide-field images of vitreous in PM

Section 3 Sequella of Pathologic Myopia and Their Potential Treatments

15 Staphyloma and Myopia. Historical Considerations.

16 Staphyloma II

17 Overview of OCT-based classification of macular lesions due to PM

18 Myopic Chorioretinal Atrophy

19 Choroidal Neovascularization

20 Myopic Tractional Maculopathies

21 Surgical approaches for conditions due to PM

22 Peripheral Retinal lesions

23 Retinal Detachment

24 Glaucoma in Myopia

25 Myopic Optic Neuropathy

26 Cataract

27 Ocular Motility Abnormalities

28 Myopia: Ocular and Systemic Disease

Section 4. Treatment of pathologic myopia

29 Prevention of axial length increase in adolescents and children

30 Advanced refractive error correction in PM

31 Treatment for scleral deformity or staphyloma