Vitreoretinal Surgery of the Injured Eye

The modern history of surgery of the injured eye; classification of ocular trauma; epidemiology and socioeconomic impact of ocular trauma; counselling of the trauma victim and the family; closed globe trauma; diagnosis and initial management of penetrating eye injuries; intravenous antibiotics in open globe injuries; primary repair of penetrating eye injuries; ultrasonography of the injured eye; management of traumatic anterior segment opacities; management of the opaque media eye with no light perception; pars plana vitrectomy for penetrating eye injuries; pharmacologic removal of vitreous during pars plana; vitrectomy; surgical management of ocular rupture; choroidal haemorrhage and choroidal trauma; subretinal haemorrhage; perfluorocarbon liquids in the management of ocular trauma; perfluorocarbon gases in the management of ocular trauma; silicone oil in penetrating eye injuries; pharmacologic therapy as adjuncts to pars plana vitrectomy for penetrating eye injuries; post-traumatic proliferative vitreoretinopathy; management of intraocular foreign bodies; perforating (through and through) eye injuries; paediatric ocular trauma; endoscopic vitreoretinal surgery of the injured eye; postoperative complications of pars plana vitrectomy; post-traumatic endophthalmitis; sympathetic ophthalmia; the pathogenesis of post-traumatic bacterial endophthalmitis.