Contents


Preface

Imagination is the key to any discovery, and its presence in science to improve eyesight is no exception. The eyes are our windows to the brain and vision is the ability to interpret and understand the information that comes in through the eyes. The visual system utilizes brain pathways to process and understand what the eyes sense. The dynamic process of vision is to identify, interpret, and understand what the eyes see. An image is a sight that has been recreated and an appearance detached

Blindness is an important symptom of many eye disorders. The estimated global cost of vision loss today is US\$3 trillion. Science and research have always been crucial to furthering our understanding of ophthalmic conditions and their treatment and prevention. Ophthalmology research has resulted in major advancements in medical science and ophthalmic practice. Discoveries made in various fields including genetics, immunology, and ocular biology have reshaped the foundations of ophthalmology and formed many new paradigms for the repair, regeneration, and rehabilitation of countless disorders. Scientific achievements in ophthalmology have produced fundamental insights and opened up possibilities for improving human health. A major challenge for the next decade will be to translate these advances into identifying the design and testing of novel approaches for disease

This book provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the latest and most advanced findings in several aspects of ophthalmic pathology, treatment, and surgical strategies, as well as in vision sciences and perception. Chapters cover such topics as acute hydrops, cataract treatments, keratoconus, surgical/non-surgical treatments in vision rehabilitation, and geometric analysis of ophthalmic lens. I thank all the contributors for their kind efforts in the preparation of this book.

**Alireza Ziaei, MD**

Boston, USA

Italy

**Michele Lanza**

Harvard Medical School BCH,

University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli",

from the place and time in which it first appeared.

treatments.
