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Complete with high-quality color images, this book examines pathological myopia and discusses recent developments in imaging technologies and various approaches to treatment, such as laser photocoagulation, photodynamic therapy and surgery.

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Pathological Myopia is a major cause of severe vision loss worldwide. The mechanisms for vision loss include cataract, glaucoma, retinal detachment, and above all, degeneration of the macula within the posterior staphyloma. Pathological Myopia is one of the only current book to specifically address this disease and discusses recent developments in imaging technologies and various approaches to treatment such as laser photocoagulation, photodynamic therapy, pharmaco-therapeutic injections in the vitreous, and surgery. Complete with high-quality color images, this book is written and edited by leaders in the field and is geared towards ophthalmologists, including residents and fellows in training, glaucoma and cataract specialists, and vitreoretinal macula experts.

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Table of Contents

Pathological Myopia

Eds: Rick Spaide, Lawrence Yannuzzi, Kyoko Ohno-Matsui

Preface

Foreword

1. Myopia: A Historical Perspective

Vinnie P. Shah & Nan-Kai Wang

2. Genes involved in the development of myopia

Kenji Yamashiro & Nagahisa Yoshimura

3. Epidemiology of Myopia

Chen-Wei Pan, Seang-Mei Saw, & Tien-Yin Wong

4. Animal Models of Experimental Myopia:

Limitations and Synergies With Studies on Human Myopia

Ian G Morgan, Kathryn A. Rose, & Regan S. Ashby

5. The Sclera and its Role in Regulation of the Refractive State

Jody A. Summers

6. Public Health Impact of Pathologic Myopia

Peggy Pei-Chia Chiang, Eva Fenwick, Chiu Ming Gemmy Cheung, & Ecosse Lamoureux

7. Update on the Pathology of Pathologic Myopia

Alia Rashid & Hans E Grossniklaus

8. The Sclera and Induced Abnormalities in Myopia

Richard F. Spaide

9. The Choroid

Richard F. Spaide

10. The Optic Nerve in High Myopia

Jost Jonas

11. Vitreous Changes

Shoji Kishi

12. Staphyloma, Part 1

Richard F. Spaide

13. Staphyloma, Part 2

Kyoko Ohno-Matsui & Muka Moriyama

14. Myopic Chorioretinal Atrophy

Kyoko Ohno-Matsui

15. Choroidal Neovascularization

Richard F. Spaide

16. Myopic Macular Retinoschisis

Kyoko Ohno-Matsui

17. Peripheral Retinal Abnormalities

Sarah Mrejen & Michael Engelbert

18. Retinal Detachment

C. P. Wilkinson

19. Glaucoma in Myopia

Sung Chul Park, Jeffrey M. Liebmann,& Robert Ritch

20. Myopic Optic Neuropathy

Kyoko Ohno-Matsui & Richard F. Spaide

21. Special Considerations for Cataract Surgery in the Face of Pathologic Myopia

Jack M. Dodick & Jonathan B. Kahn

22. Ocular Motility Abnormalities

Tsuranu Yokoyama

23. Myopia: Ocular and Systemic Disease

Quan V. Hoang, Jamie A. Leong, & Roberto Gallego-Pinazo

24. Prevention of Myopia

Takashi Fujikado

25. Sclera-targeted Therapies for Pathologic Myopia

Kyoko Ohno-Matsui

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From the reviews:

"This book presents the definition, epidemiology, and genetics of myopia and an analysis of the human eye shape and pathologies and possible therapies for pathological myopia. ... Intended for ophthalmologists, the book is written in such a way that both comprehensive ophthalmologists and retina specialists may find it useful. ... This is a wonderful fount of information on myopia and pathological myopia. It is likely the most complete book on the topic currently available." (Elizabeth C. Chiang, Doody´s Book Reviews, May, 2014)

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