Management of Macular Hemorrhage (eBook)

Lars-Olof Hattenbach is a professor of ophthalmology and chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at Ludwigshafen Hospital, Germany. After ophthalmology and internal medicine residency training at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the Charité Berlin, he completed his ophthalmology residency and a subspecialty training in vitreoretinal surgery at Goethe University Frankfurt, where he received his primary degree and served as a consultant and lecturer. Professor Hattenbach maintains an active research profile and has been the principal investigator in numerous clinical trials encompassing diseases of the posterior segment. He is a reviewer or associate editor for multiple international journals, authored books and chapters on the treatment of retinal diseases and has published extensively in the field, with more than 90 articles to his name in peer-reviewed journals.

Types of Macular Hemorrhages and Clinical Appearance.- Macular Hemorrhage: Natural Course and Risk Factors.- Classification of Subretinal Hemorrhage.- The Pathophysiology of Subretinal Hemorrhage.- Anti-VEGF and Fibrinolytic Agents for the Management of Subretinal Hemorrhage.- Minimally Invasive Surgical Approaches to the Management of Macular Hemorrhages.- Surgical Treatment of Massive Subretinal Hemorrhage.- Macular Translocation in Submacular Hemorrhage Secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration.- Retinal Pigment Epithelium and Choroid Translocation in Massive Submacular Hemorrhage.-Surgical and Nonsurgical Treatment of Pre-Retinal Hemorrhages.- Management of Trauma Associated Macular Hemorrhages.