Small-Gauge Vitrectomy for Diabetic Retinopathy

Ulrich Spandau studied medicine at the University of Würzburg in Germany before completing residencies in the Departments of Ophthalmology at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Mannheim-Heidelberg. He undertook further surgical training at the Eye Clinic, Koblenz and became an accredited specialist in ophthalmology in 2003. In 2004 Dr. Spandau was appointed Oberarzt (consultant) in the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Mannheim-Heidelberg, and he subsequently became Vice Director of the department. He completed his PhD and received his venia legendi in 2005. In 2008 Dr. Spandau became Consultant and Head of Surgery at the Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Uppsala, Sweden. He has been an associate professor since 2013. He has published 52 in indexed, peer-reviewed journals and is co-author of the previous Springer book, Practical Handbook for Small-Gauge Vitrectomy.

Introduction.- Surgical Planning.- Anaesthesia.- Instruments.- Surgical Techniques for Diabetic Retinopathy.- Combined Phacoemulsification and Anti-VEGF Treatment.- Easy Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy.- Difficult Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy.- Neovascular Glaucoma.- Case Reports.- Pits & Pearls.- Surgical Materials.- Companies.

"The authors describe the surgical techniques they use for treatment of the complications of diabetic eye disease in this book. It includes techniques, clinical pearls, photos, and videos, as well as case presentations. ... The audience is vitreoretinal surgeons who have varying degrees of experience with complicated diabetic patients." (William Rhoades, Doody's Book Reviews, October, 2015)