Ideal for both the student seeking a firmer understanding of strabismus surgery and the experienced surgeon looking to improve clinical decision-making, this practical resource uses a case-based approach to help readers conceptualize, plan, and perform complex strabismus procedures at every difficulty level. With this handy reference, you’ll examine complex cases—each with a unique set of clinical findings—then analyze the information, choose a surgical approach, and make a detailed plan f...

Seeing Without Glasses is the pioneering book in natural, holistic vision improvement. With two new chapters, a preface from the author, and an updated and expanded resource section, this revised edition shows readers how to take charge of their vision health through unique eye exercises, proper nutrition, and whole-brain processing.

The best-selling guide for dry eye sufferers who want to improve their vision, reduce wrinkles and redness, and restore overall eye health—with up-to-date information on medications, procedures, testing, and after-careIt can happen any time. Your eyes feel tired. You rub them. You look at yourself in the mirror and see lines, wrinkles, bags, and redness that was never there before. Approximately 100 million people worldwide suffer from dry eye (also known as dysfun...

Basic Sciences in Ophthalmology aims to link clinical ophthalmology directly to its basic science roots. This first volume describes the physics and chemistry required for a sound understanding of modern ophthalmology. The book opens with an extensive discussion of the interaction of light with matter and the way in which light is used in ophthalmic examinations and treatments. After describing traditional methods of imaging, particular emphasis is placed on modern instrumentation...

In a concise and contemporary new edition, the Oxford American Handbook of Ophthalmology offers highly practical yet evidence-based guidance on the diagnosis and management of ophthalmic disorders. Incorporating a systematic approach, the authors present common and/or important manifestations of the full spectrum of eye diseases. Included are useful summaries of common signs and symptoms, etiologies, diagnostic testing, and therapeutic regimens, as well as information on pre-, peri-, and p...

In this book an international panel of authors offer a clear, step-by-step approach to Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE), a new refractive procedure approved for the treatment of myopia and astigmatism that is a truly minimally invasive key-hole type surgery. The book opens by discussing important fundamentals of the technology, followed by a close look at the healing response. The current surgical techniques are then described in detail with the aim of providing easy-to-understa...

Diplopia (double vision) is a medical symptom where a patient sees two images of one object.Double and blurred vision is frequently believed to be the same but they are not.In blurred vision, the single image seen by one eye is not clear.It can either happen as:Monocular diplopia when one eye is coveredIn monocular diplopia, possible causes are:a. Uncorrected refractive errors,Light from an object is split into two images by a defect ...

Herpes Simplex Virus is the fifth monograph to be published in the Bloomsbury Series of Clinical Science. It provides an authoritative review of the key issues related to this common clinical problem. The characteristics of the virus, its epidemiology and the diag nosis and management of the various forms of infection are all considered. Adrian Mindel is an international authority on this subject; he joined the Academic Department of Genito-urinary Medicine at the Middlesex Hospital in 198...

Every cataract surgeon is afraid of complications, but while complications cannot be entirely avoided, it is possible to learn to master them. This practical handbook clearly explains how to manage the various complications that may arise during cataract surgery, from a subluxated intraocular lens to a dropped nucleus. It provides the surgeon with clear instructions on how best to proceed in the manner of a cookbook, by first describing the ingredients (equipment) and preparation (planning...

Many minimally invasive procedures have been developed over the past decades, leading to a great improvement in eye surgery. This unique textbook and reference guide provides a complete up-to-date overview of minimally invasive surgical techniques in ophthalmology. Lavishly illustrated with superb illustrations and video clips, it presents the state of the art of minimally invasive ophthalmic procedures. It serves as an invaluable resource for all ophthalmic surgeons with widely varying le...

The proceedings of this symposium on Medical Therapy in Glaucoma are divided in four major parts. The pharmacological introduction gives the reader a short description of factors that are involved between administration of the drug and its action at the desired position in the eye. The new and exciting field of drug delivery systems will be dealt with in this part and part II. Originally we had asked Ken Richardson to give part of the lectures on Membrane technology and basic aspects of ch...