Practical Manual of Diabetic Retinopathy Management (eBook)

Peter H Scanlon MD Consultant Ophthalmologist, Gloucestershire and Oxford Eye Units Lecturer, Harris Manchester College University of Oxford Oxford, UK Honorary Associate Clinical Professor Institute of Clinical Education University of Warwick, UK Charles P. Wilkinson MD Professor of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, Greater Baltimore Medical Center Baltimore, USA Stephen J Aldington Gloucestershire Education and Research Development Manager Cheltenham, UK Honorary Associate Professor Institute of Clinical Education University of Warwick, UK David R Matthews MA (Oxon), DPhil, BM, BCh, FRCP Professor of Diabetic Medicine, University of Oxford; Chairman, Oxford Centre for Diabetes Endocrinology & Metabolism Oxford, UK

Acknowledgements vii

Prologue ix
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1 Introduction 1
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2 Diabetes 17
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3 Lesions and classifications of diabetic retinopathy 30
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4 Screening for diabetic retinopathy 46
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5 Stage R0: the normal eye 58
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6 Stage M1: maculopathy 70
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7 Stage R1: mild non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (background diabetic retinopathy) 99
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8 Stage R2: moderate and severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (preproliferative diabetic retinopathy) 104
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9 Stage R3: proliferative diabetic retinopathy and advanced diabetic retinopathy 109
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10 Stage R3 with M1: proliferative diabetic retinopathy with maculopathy 133
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11 The stable treated eye 137
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12 The surgical approach to the diabetic eye 144
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13 Pregnancy and the diabetic eye 151
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14 Low vision and blindness from diabetic retinopathy 160
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15 Future advances in the management of diabetic retinopathy 171
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16 Other retinal conditions that are more frequent in diabetes 178
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17 Conditions with appearances similar to diabetic retinopathy 194
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Glossary 203

Index 207

"This book has something for everyone." (Clinical and
Experimental Optometry, November 2009)



"This book is a richly illustrated manual on the management of
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