description:
The Atlas of Clinical Ophthalmology combines the highest-quality colour photographs, clinical descriptions and explanatory line drawings to provide an outstanding and accessible visual reference of ocular disease and its clinical signs.
The book systematically covers examination, investigation and diagnosis of all the common and many of the rarer ophthalmic disorders. Illustrations of the embryology, histology, pathology and systemic diseases are included as appropriate to elucidate the clinical information. The new edition has been exhaustively updated throughout, with over 1000 new illustrations, many chapters written by new contributors and new, up-to-the-minute information on refractive surgery and LASIK.
Features:
- Over 1800 stunning, top-quality clinical photographs. Quite simply, a fantastic collection of ophthalmic photographs and a fabulous visual teaching aid.
- Interpretative line diagrams accompany all relevant photographs explaining clearly to the reader exactly what is happening in each picture.
- Pictures augmented with concise, to-the-point text providing a brief, easily-read description to accompany pictures.
- More than one picture frequently used to illustrate a condition makes it easier to arrive at an accurate diagnosis.
- Organized in a very logical format making it extremely easy to use and to refer to.
- Edited by highly regarded, well-respected names.
- Comprehensive - covers all the common and may of the rare conditions. No need to buy individual atlases covering glaucoma, refractive surgery, pathology and so on.
Clinical pictures enhanced with key relevant histology, pathology and systemic pictures. Helpful to the trainee, these additional pictures clarify and enable an accurate diagnosis.
What""s New:
- Over 1000 completely new illustrations
- Over 400 more illustrations than the previous edition
- 25% of the book completely new
- All chapters exhaustively updated and many completely overhauled
- Refractive surgery section completely rewritten
- Many 2E contributors replaced with new, cutting-edge names
CONTENTS:
1. Methods of Ocular Examination
2. The Eyelids
3. The Conjunctiva: Diseases and Tumours
4. Infections of the Outer Eye
5. Allergic Eye Diseases, Episcleritis and Scleritis
6. The Cornea
7. Primary Glaucoma
8. Secondary Glaucoma
9. The Uveal Tract
10. Intraocular Inflammation
11. The Lens
12. Vitreous and Vitreo-Retinal Disorders
13. The Normal Retina
14. The Retina: Vascular Diseases I
15. The Retina: Vascular Diseases II
16. The Retina: Macular Diseases and Retinal Dystrophies
17. The Optic Disc
18. Strabismus
19. Neuro-Ophthalmology
20. The Orbit and Lacrimal System
