New Developments in Ophthalmology Nijmegen 16-18 October 1975 (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Preface.- Corneal collagenases and then-inhibition.- Technical advances in corneal transplantation.- Recurrent corneal erosion.- The treatment of bacterial infections of the eye.- Some aspects of the management of orbital disease.- Exophthalmus by arterio-venous communication and the cavernous sinus.- Prophylaxis in retinal detachment.- Photocoagulation in retinal detachment surgery.- Surgical treatment of equatorial giant tears.- I. The limits of constriction for encircling elements (Summary).- II. Preference for radial buckling over circumferential buckling (Summary).- The anatomy and biomicroscopy of the vitreous body.- Macular fibrosis and massive preretinal retraction.- The uses and abuses of liquid silicone.- Pars plana vitrectomy: indications and results.- Roto-extractor instrumentation, indications, techniques and results.- Some observations on the blood-retinal barriers in health and disease.- The management of the vascular retino-pathies.- Advances in electro-ophthalmology. Its use in retinal vascular diseases.- Quelques idees nouvelles concernant la circulation choroidienne.- The macular disciform response and laser treatment.- The value of diagnostic tests in naevus, melanoma and haemangioma of the choroid.- Fluorescein angiographic aspects of choroidal melanomas.- Techniques for the local excision of choroidal melanomas.- Surgical treatment of malignant tumors in the anterior segment of the eye.- Sclero-corneal trephining (Elliot's operation).- Pseudophakia, intracapsular or extracapsular tecnique?.- Retinal accidents in pseudophakia intracapsular versus extracapsular surgery.- The bursa intravitrealis premacularis.- Unexpected findings in hereditary macular dystrophy.- Lipids in tissues of the eye XIV. Corneoscleral lipids during ageing and in arcus senilis.- Systematic echo-oph-thalmography.- Invariances of the cone-dominated E.R.G. (Tree shrew and man).- Multivariate analysis of the electroretinogram.- The light-sensitive negative component in clinical electrooculography.- Cystoid macular edema a sign with many causes.