Overview

This book covers sports-related eye injuries, presenting standard processes to enable clinical practitioners to make appropriate decisions on the management of these patients. Sports-related activities are responsible for a large percentage of ocular injuries, particularly among young people, and can even lead to blindness. Given the increasing trend in these injuries and the potential functional loss they entail, it is important to understand how to prevent and to accurately diagnose and treat them. This book discusses the definition, etiology, clinical presentations and signs, treatment, and prevention of sports-related eye injuries, and includes typical clinical cases, together with a wealth of images and illustrative figures. Offering a systematic and symptom-based guide to clinical practice, it will help clinical practitioners to fully prepare for the various challenges posed by sports-related eye injuries.

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Author:   Hua Yan
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
Weight:   0.679kg
ISBN:  

9789811397400

ISBN 10:   9811397406
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   11 March 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Epidemics of Sports-related Eye Injuries.- 3. Risk Classification of Sports Events.- 4. Classification and Mechanism of Sports related eye injury.- 5. Sports-related injuries of the anterior segment.- 6. Posterior Segment of Sports-related Eye Injuries.- 7. Ocular Adnexal of Sports-Related Eye Injuries.- 8. Burns and Radiation Exposure.- 9. Prevention of Sports-related Eye Injuries  .- 10. The application of protective devices in sports-related eye injuries.- 11. Guideliness of Return To Play.- 12. Sideline evaluation of the injured player.- 13. Screening of Sports-related Eye Injuries.- 14. Controversial Issue.

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Hua Yan is a Professor and Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology and the President of Tianjin Medical University, China. He is also the President of the Chinese Ocular Trauma Society and Vice President of the Asian Pacific Ocular Trauma Society.

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