Risk Prevention in Ophthalmology

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Marvin F. Kraushar Editor 2008 Just as patients do not come to a medical office with the intention of suing the physician, physicians have no intention of harming their patients. The extensive training physicians undertake and the nature of the services they provide make them dedicated to doing their best for the well being of their patients.

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Recent Advances in Retinal Degeneration

Recent Advances in Retinal Degeneration-1

Robert E. Anderson · Matthew M. LaVail Joe G. Hollyfield Editors 2008 A Symposium on Retinal Degenerations has been held in conjunction with the biennial International Congress of Eye Research (ICER) since 1984. These Retinal Degeneration Symposia have allowed scientists and clinicians from around the world to convene and present their new research findings.

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Mechanisms of the Glaucomas

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Edited by JOYCE TOMBRAN-TINK COLIN J. BARNSTABLE M. BRUCE SHIELDS 2008 Disease Processes and Therapeutic Modalities In the year 2000, as we crossed the millennium into the twenty-first century, it was tempting to look back and consider what might have been the greatest achievements of the past century. In the field of glaucoma, there were many candidates.

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Fluorescence Angiography in Ophthalmology

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S. Dithmar F.G. Holz 2008 Fluorescein and Indocyanine green angiography, including the imaging of fundus autofluorescence, has been significantly improved in the last few years. The use of confocal laser technology in particular has been the most significant improvement: the technology is digital, fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography are seen in real time and can be used simultaneously.

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Cornea and External Eye Disease

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Editors Thomas Reinhard Frank Larkin 2008 The second volume covers a broad range of conjunctival and corneal diseases, again with particular emphasis being placed on problem management. Various new surgical approaches are currently being evaluated in the clinical setting, an example of which is posterior lamellar keratoplasty in Fuchs endothelial disease.

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The Glaucoma Book

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Paul N. Schacknow ● John R. Samples Editors 2010 A Practical, Evidence-Based Approach to Patient Care Do we really need another book about glaucoma diagnosis and management? There are probably several classic, fairly up-to-date, texts about glaucoma sitting on your bookshelf. Who would have the audacity to write a new text entitled “The” Glaucoma Book, as though it […]

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Macular Degeneration

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Philip L. Penfold Jan M. Provis Editors 2005 This book provides a unique overview of current thinking on the pathogenesis, incidence and treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). It includes, for the first time, a synthesis of the views of the world’s leading scientists and clinical practitioners regarding retinal biology and the basic mechanisms, clinical and pathogenetic processes and […]

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Vitreo-retinal Surgery

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Editors Bernd Kirchhof David Wong 2005 This first issue of Vitreoretinal Surgery, in the series Essentials in Ophthalmology, has been written to update our knowledge on the large body of experimental research performed to date on the most urgent problems of vitreoretinal disease.

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