2014 BMA Medical Book Awards Highly Commended in Surgical specialties category!
Get the quick answers you need on every aspect of clinical ophthalmology and apply them in your day-to-day practice . The latest edition of Ophthalmology by Drs. Yanoff and Duker presents practical, expert, concise guidance on nearly every ophthalmic condition and procedure, equipping you to efficiently overcome whatever clinical challenges you may face.
"In summary, the role of clinical electrophysiology of vision in clinical practice is better documented in Yanoff and Duker's Ophthalmology, 4th Edition than in the introductory textbooks of earlier generations." Reviewed by: S. E. Brodie, Department of Ophthalmology, Icahn School of Medicine, July 2014
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Table of contents
Part 1: Genetics
1.1 Fundamentals of Human Genetics
1.2 Molecular Genetics of Selected Ocular Disorders
1.3 Genetic Testing and Genetic Counseling
Part 2: Optics and Refraction
2.1 Visible light
2.2 Physical optics for clinicians
2.3 Light Damage to the Eye
2.4 Principles of lasers
2.5 Optics of the normal eye
2.6 Testing of Refraction
2.7 Contact lenses
2.8 Ophthalmic Instrumentation
2.9 Perspectives on aberrations of the eye
Part 3: Refractive Surgery
3.1 Current concepts, classification, and history of refractive surgery
3.2 Preoperative evaluation for refractive surgery
3.3 Excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy
3.4 Laser Subepithelial Keratomileusis (LASEK) and Epi-LASIK
3.5 LASIK
3.6 Wavefront-based Excimer Laser Refractive Surgery
3.7 Phakic Intraocular Lenses
3.8 Astigmatic and Radial Incisional Keratotomy
3.9 Intrastromal corneal ring segments and collagen crosslinking