Edited by JOYCE TOMBRAN-TINK and COLIN J. BARNSTABLE 2007 For centuries, humans have tried to explain the complex process of vision and find effective treatments for eye diseases. Perhaps the oldest surviving record of ancient ophthalmic practices is the Babylonian code of Hammurabi that over 4000 years ago, mentioned fees for eye surgery—and penalties for unsuccessful operations that […]
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Jane W. Chan 2007 Diagnosis and Management This book presents the salient features of optic nerve disorders, encompassing optic neuritis, papilledema, ischemic optic neuropathies, compressive and infiltrative optic neuropathies, traumatic optic neuropathies, nutritional and toxic optic neuropathies, hereditary optic neuropathies, and optic disc tumors. Chapters 1 to 9 outline key clinical aspects of each of these disorders.
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Ulrich Schiefer Helmut Wilhelm William Hart Editors 2007 A Practical Guide This text and its digital supplement are meant to be used by comprehensive ophthalmologists and residents in training, and are not meant to be used as one would the larger, almost encyclopedic, reference texts with their detailed citations and case reports. Resident physicians should find the format of […]
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R. Sampaolesi • J. Zarate • J. R. Sampaolesi 2009 Pediatric Glaucomas Congenital glaucoma is a complex problem that in the past was a frequent cause of blindness. The poor prognosis that Anderson (senior) attributed to this condition in 1939 has improved extraordinarily: – Manzitti was the first in Argentina to examine children under general anesthesia (1965) [1].
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M. Edward Wilson ∙ Richard A. Saunders Rupal H. Trivedi (Eds.) 2009 There are encyclopedic reference books available in many sub-specialty areas of eye care, including pediatric ophthalmology. These large texts are most valuable when a clinician needs to quickly find a differential diagnosis, a list of treatment options, or the findings to look for when a particular […]
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S. Rizzo F. Patelli D. R. Chow Editors 2009 Every so often, changes occur in the technology of our day-to-day lives that truly alter how we do things. As retinal surgeons, the development of sutureless vitrectomy systems is one of these revolutionary changes that have altered how most of us perform surgery.
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U. Pleyer J.V. Forrester Editors 2009 Our knowledge and understanding of immune-mediated diseases has increased exponentially over the past few years, especially in the areas of immunopathogenesis and immunotherapeutics. Uveitis is one of the most common potentially blinding disorders, and one that is often underestimated but is now considered a leading cause of severe eye damage, particularly in younger age groups.
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Jozef J. Zwislocki 2009 Hopefully, this book may be of interest not only to psychophysicists who formally call themselves “psychophysicists,” and of whom there are very few but also to all those who use psychophysics in their activities, often not even realizing they do. Every educated person has at least an idea of what physics […]
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Edited by J. Fernando Arevalo 2009 After more than 40 years since the introduction of fluorescein angiography (FA), more than 20 years after the introduction of indocyanine green angiography (ICGA), and more than 10 years since the introduction of optical coherence tomography (OCT), it is time for a comprehensive presentation of the current technical and clinical aspects of […]
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Gabriel COSCAS 2009 Over recent decades, as a result of progress in basic and clinical research, our knowledge on age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has been improved and refined, leading to a renewed interest in this disease. However, the etiology, pathophysiology, clinical features, and natural history of AMD remain unclear.
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