1;Preface;6 1.1;Interaction of Pathology and Ophthalmic Microsurgery;6 1.2;Acknowledgements;9 2;Condensed Table of Contents;10 3;Contents;12 4;List of Contributors;22 5;List of Abbreviations;23 6;Introduction ;24 6.1;1.1 Ophthalmic Pathology in Clinical Practice, Teaching and Research;24 6.2;1.2 Historical Sketch of Ophthalmic Surgery from Antiquity to Modern Times;25 6.3;1.3 Overview of Advances in Ophthalmic Pathology in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries;27 6.4;References (see also page 379);29 7;General Ophthalmic Pathology: Principal Indications and Complications, Comparing Intra- and Extraocular Surgery;30 7.1;2.1 Principal Indications: Clinico-pathologic Correlation;30 7.2;2.2 Intraocular Compared with Extraocular Surgery: Distinguishing Features and Potential Complications;34 7.3;2.3 Choice of Anesthesia and Knowledge of Ophthalmic Pathology;47 7.4;2.4 Instrumentation and Physical Principles Are not the Subject of Our Book;49 7.5;References (see also page 379);50 8;Surgical Anatomy and Pathology in Surgery of the Eyelids, Lacrimal System, Orbit and Conjunctiva;52 8.1;3.1 Eyelids;53 8.1.1;3.1.1 Surgical Anatomy;53 8.1.2;3.1.2 Surgical Pathology;56 8.1.3;References (see also page 379);67 8.2;3.2 Lacrimal Drainage System ;68 8.2.1;3.2.1 Surgical Anatomy;68 8.2.2;3.2.2 Surgical Pathology;69 8.2.3;3.2.3 Principles of Lacrimal Surgery;70 8.2.4;References (see also page 379);71 8.3;3.3 Orbit ;72 8.3.1;3.3.1 Surgical Anatomy;72 8.3.2;3.3.2 Surgical Pathology;73 8.3.3;3.3.3 Principles of Orbital Surgery;87 8.3.4;References (see also page 379);89 8.4;3.4 Conjunctiva and Limbus Corneae ;90 8.4.1;3.4.1 Introduction ;90 8.4.2;3.4.2Surgical Anatomy, Landmarks, Nerve Supply,and Vascular Supply with Blood Vessels andLymphatics, Including Regional Lymph Nodesand Aqueous Episcleral Veins;90 8.4.3;3.4.3 Surgical Pathology;92 8.4.4;3.4.4 Indications for Smear Cytology, Incisional or Excisional Biopsies, Autologous or Homologous Transplantation, Radiation, and Local and Systemic Chemotherapy;97 8.4.5;3.4.5 Wound Healing: Influence of Basic Disease and Adjunct Therapy ( Radiation, Chemotherapy);98 8.4.6;References (see also page 379);98 9;General Pathology for Intraocular Microsurgery: Direct Wounds and Indirect Distant Effects;99 9.1;4.1. Access into the Eye: Principal Options and Anterior Segment Trauma;99 9.2;4.2 Obvious and Potential Compartments of the Intraocular Space ( Table 4.3) ( Fig. 4.7);113 9.3;4.3 Variants of Intraocular Microsurgery;113 9.4;4.4 Microsurgical Manipulations in the Anterior Chamber: Critical Structure and Vulnerable Cell Populations;115 9.5;4.5 Surgical Manipulation in the Vitreous Cavity: Critical Structures and Vulnerable Cell Populations;116 9.6;4.6 Role of the Size of the Eye ;117 9.7;4.7 Wound Healing After Intraocular Microsurgeryand Trauma;117 9.8;References (see also page 379);119 10;Special Anatomy and Pathology in Intraocular Microsurgery;120 10.1;5.1 Cornea and Limbus;120 10.1.1;5.1.1 Surgical Anatomy of the Cornea and Limbus;120 10.1.2;5.1.2 Surgical Pathology of the Cornea;133 10.1.3;5.1.3 Surgical Procedures;144 10.1.4;5.1.4 Wound Healing;149 10.1.5;References;151 10.2;5.2 Glaucoma Surgery ;154 10.2.1;5.2.1 Principal Aspects of Glaucomas and Their Terminology;154 10.2.2;5.2.2 Surgical Anatomy;154 10.2.3;5.2.3 Surgical Pathology;159 10.2.4;5.2.4 Indications and Contraindications for Microsurgery of Glaucomas;166 10.2.5;5.2.5 Complications with Excessive and Deficient Wound Healing;172 10.2.6;References (see also p. 379);174 10.3;5.3 Iris;175 10.3.1;5.3.1 Surgical Anatomy;176 10.3.2;5.3.2 Surgical Pathology;179 10.3.3;5.3.3 Indications for Surgical Procedures Involving the Iris;192 10.3.4;5.3.4 Wound Healing and Complications of Procedures Involving the Iris;195 10.3.5;References (see also page 379);198 10.4;5.4 Ciliary Body;199 10.4.1;5.4.1 Surgical Anatomy;201 10.4.2;5.4.2 Surgical Pathology;205 10.4.3;5.4.3 Indications for Procedures Involving the Ciliary Body;216 10.4.4;5.4.4 Wound Healing a