Curbside Consultation in Retina

49 Clinical Questions

Sharon Fekrat

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2024
• ISBN:
  9781040136980
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Opthalmology & Optometry

Curbside Consultation in Retina: 49 Clinical Questions has been updated into a Second Edition! The Second Edition contains new questions and is completely updated! Curbside Consultation in Retina: 49 Clinical Questions, Second Edition contains new questions and brief, practical, and evidence-based answers to the most frequently asked questions that are posed during a "curbside consultation" between surgical colleagues. Dr. Sharon Fekrat, along with associate editors Drs. Akshay Thomas and Dilraj Grewal, have designed this unique reference that offers expert advice, preferences, and opinions on a variety of clinical questions commonly associated with the retina. The unique Q&A format provides quick access to current information related to the retina with the simplicity of a conversation between two colleagues. Images and references are included to enhance the text and to illustrate clinical diagnoses. Some of the questions that are answered inside the Second Edition include:

• Anything coming down the pike yet for dry age-related macular degeneration?
• How long are we going to have to keep doing frequent intravitreal injections -- Any other options anytime soon? What are we waiting for?
• What is hemorrhagic occlusive retinal vasculitis and why do I need to know about it?
• Are we ever going to use stem cells? For what? What's the scoop?
• I just can't keep up with all of the clinical trial acronyms. Can you tell me what study each refers to?
• What systemic medications require periodic fundus evaluation, what am I looking for, and what tests do I do?
• Explain all of these new anticoagulants to me. Should I consider stopping them preoperatively?

Curbside Consultation in Retina: 49 Clinical Questions, Second Edition provides information basic enough for residents while also incorporating expert pearls that even high-volume ophthalmologists and specialists will appreciate. Optometrists, ophthalmologists, ophthalmologists-in-training, and even retina specialists will benefit from the user-friendly and casual format as well as the expert advice contained within.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• About the Editor
• About the Associate Editors
• Contributing Authors
• Preface
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Question 1 What Is Hemorrhagic Occlusive Retinal Vasculitis, and Why Do I Need to Know About It?
• Question 2 How Do I Counsel My Patients With Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration and What About Various Vitamin Supplements?
• Question 3 What Are the Age-Related Macular Degeneration Look-Alikes? Do I Treat Them Any Differently?
• Question 4 How Long Are We Going to Have to Keep Doing Frequent Intravitreal Injections—Any Other Options Anytime Soon? What Are We Waiting For?
• Question 5 Anything Coming Down the Pike yet for Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration?
• Question 6 Are We Ever Going to Use Stem Cells? For What? What’s the Scoop?
• Question 7 What Is the Easiest Way to Do a Good B-Scan?
• Question 8 When Do I Refer a Patient With a Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion or Central Retinal Artery Occlusion, What Is the Work-Up, and What Are the Treatment Options?
• Question 9 What Do I Do When I See a Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion?
• Question 10 When Do I Refer a Patient With a Central Retinal Vein Occlusion, What Is the Work-Up, and What Are the Treatment Options?
• Question 11 What Visualization Agents Are Used During Vitrectomy Surgery? And Wait, Tell Me About the Intraocular Tamponade Options!
• Question 12 What Type of Intraocular Lens Should Be Considered in an Eye With Vitreoretinal Disease?
• Question 13 I Just Can’t Keep Up With All of the Clinical Trial Acronyms. Can You Tell Me What Study Each Refers To?
• Question 14 How Do I Figure Out Whether or Not My Patient Has a Posterior Vitreous Detachment? Does There Have to Be a Weiss Ring to Make the Diagnosis?
• Question 15 How Soon Should a Patient With Floaters Be Examined and How Should I Manage a Patient With an Acute Posterior Vitreous Detachment?
• Question 16 How Do I Differentiate All of Those White Dot Syndromes?
• Question 17 How Do I Work Up and Manage a Patient With a White-Centered Retinal Hemorrhage?
• Question 18 How Do I Manage a Suprachoroidal Hemorrhage?
• Question 19 When Should I Suspect Endophthalmitis in My Postoperative Cataract Patient and What Are the Treatment Options?
• Question 20 How Do I Follow a Patient With a Presumed Choroidal Nevus?
• Question 21 How Do I Distinguish One Pigmented Lesion From Another?
• Question 22 How Do I Work Up and Manage a Patient With a Vitreous Hemorrhage?
• Question 23 What Is Fundus Autofluorescence? Do I Need to Add It to My Imaging Options?
• Question 24 What Additional Information Can I Get From Ultra-Widefield Fluorescein Angiography That I Can’t Get From a 30-Degree Angiogram?
• Question 25 What Imaging Options Are There to Detect an Intraocular Foreign Body? When Do I Get Which One?
• Question 26 Why Would I Want to Look at Choroidal Thickness on Optical Coherence Tomography?
• Question 27 When Should I Refer a Patient With an Epiretinal Membrane and What if There Is Associated Cystoid Macular Edema?
• Question 28 How Do I Differentiate a Macular Hole From a Lamellar Hole From an Epiretinal Membrane With a Pseudohole, and Why Do I Care?
• Question 29 What Is Micropulse Laser and What Can It Be Used For?
• Question 30 What Is The Treatment Paradigm for Postoperative Pseudophakic Macular Edema?
• Question 31 What Is Dyeless Angiography (Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography) And What Do I Need To Know About It? Will It Replace Fluorescein Angiography?
• Question 32 Central Serous? What Now? Management Options for Central Serous Retinopathy
• Question 33 What Systemic Medications Require Periodic Fundus Evaluation? What Am I Looking for and What Tests Do I Do?
• Question 34 Should I Send a Patient With a Large Chronic Macular Hole to a Retina Doctor? Do They Even Operate on Those?
• Question 35 Explain All of These New Anticoagulants to Me. Should I Consider Stopping Them Preoperatively?
• Question 36 When Should Cataract Surgery Be Performed if a Vitrectomy Is Planned—Before, During, or After?
• Question 37 What Should I Tell a Patient With Retinitis Pigmentosa About Prognosis and Should I Prescribe Vitamin A or Other Supplements?
• Question 38 Why Should I Send My Retinal Degeneration Patients to Specialists if There Is No Cure for Their Condition?
• Question 39 What Is the Artificial Retinal Prosthesis (Argus II Implant) and Who Would Be a Good Candidate for It?
• Question 40 How Do You Differentiate Between Retinoschisis and Retinal Detachment?
• Question 41 What Systemic Conditions Are Associated With an Increased Risk of Retinal Detachment? What Should I Do About It?
• Question 42 What Retinal Findings Should Be Treated Before Cataract Surgery, Refractive Surgery, or Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet Laser?
• Question 43 Do Chronic Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachments Need Surgical Repair?
• Question 44 Should I Use Jetrea or a Gas Bubble or Just Do a Vitrectomy for Vitreomacular Traction?
• Question 45 When Should a Patient With Diabetic Retinopathy Be Considered for a Vitrectomy?
• Question 46 How Do I Follow a Patient Who Has Diabetes and Becomes Pregnant? What Tests Can I Do?
• Question 47 How Long Should I Wait to Perform Cataract Surgery After Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema or Retinopathy?
• Question 48 I Saw Some Retinal Neovascularization but My Patient Does Not Have Diabetes, so What Else Can It Be?
• Question 49 When Should I Consider Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity?
• Financial Disclosures
• Index