Publisher:

Saunders

ISBN:

9781416000167

Publication date:

February 2008

Additional format:

Contains 4 Hardbacks and Online resource

Length:

276mm

Width:

216mm

Thickness:

254mm

Weight:

12701g

Edition:

3rd Revised edition

Pages:

5502

Illustrations:

Approx. 6000 illustrations (4500 in full color)

Reviews are of the last edition: The reference by which other ophthalmology texts are judged. - Archives of Ophthalmology The current standard in comprehensive ophthalmology textbooks. - JAMA A magnificent encyclopedic work...A ready source of information when getting ready to perform a seldom-done surgical procedure or when stumped with an unusual clinical problem. - Survey of Ophthalmology

This is a wonderful set of volumes with top quality in their coverage of current ophthalmology, a valuable addition to the library of all ophthalmologists. Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, September 2009

In 1994, Daniel M. Albert and Frederik A. Jakobiec produced the first edition of this award-winning and esteemed masterwork, which is used by the ophthalmic community worldwide as reference. The third edition. is a 4-volume, 5502-page update of this magnificent encyclopedic work. A highpoint of this new edition is the website access.this is a

• Section 1 Genetics Edited by Janey L Wiggs, Ted Dryja 1 Fundamentals of Genetics, Ted Dryja 2 Molecular mechanisms of inherited diseas, Janey Wiggs 3 Genetic testing for ocular disorders, Janey Wiggs 4 Principals of genetic counseling, Pamela Hawley, Gretchen Schneider Section 2 Immunology Edited by Stephen Foster, Reza Dana 5 Immunology - an overview, Reza Dana and C. Stephen Foster 6 A Cast of Thousands: the Cells of the Immune System, C. Stephen Foster 7 T-Lymphocyte Responses, Reza Dana 8 B-Lymphocyte Responses, C. Stephen Foster 9 Immune-Mediated Tissue Injury, C. Stephen Foster and Raza Dana 10 Regulation of Immune Responses, Reza Dana and C. Stephen Foster Section 3 Microbiology Edited by Michael Gilmore 11 Ocular Bacteriology, Christopher N. Ta, R. Wayne Bowman, James P. McCulley 12 Chlamydial Disease, Irmgard Behlau 13 The Spirochetes, Marlene Durand 14 Parasitic and Rickettsial Ocular Infections, Michael Gilmore 15 Fungal Infections of the Eye, Wiley A. Schell, Gary N. Foulks, and John R. Perfect 16 Ocular Virology, James Chodosh Section 4 Pharmacology and Toxicology Edited by Mark Abelson 17 Ocular Pharmacokinetics, Denise Chun, Aron Shapiro, and Mark B. Abelson 18 Anesthetics, David Weber, Martin A. Acquadro, Padma Gulur 19 Antibacterials, Harold Jensen 20 Antivirals, Deborah Langston, Patricia Nuttall 21 Antifungal Agents, Eduardo C. Alfonso, Jorge Cantu-Dibildox, Terrence O'Brien, Darlene Miller 22 Antiparasitics, Savitri Sharma, Virender S. Sangwan, Nalini A. Madiwale 23 Corticosteroids in Ophthalmic Practice, Mark B. Abelson and Salim Butrus 24 Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs, King W. To, Mark B. Abelson, Arthur H. Neufeld 25 Antihistamines and Mast Cell Stabilizers in Allergic Ocular Disease, Andrea Leonardi, Gregg J. Berdy, Mark B. Abelson 26 Tear Film and Blink Dynamics, Mark B. Abelson, Marshall G. Doane, George Ousler 27 Tear Substitutes, Mark B. Abelson, George Ousler, Russell Anderson 28 Viscoelastics, Jack V. Greiner 29 Pharmacologic Agents with Osmotic Effects, Gail Torkildsen, Ula Jurkunas, Tolga Kocaturk 30 Pharmacologic Treatment of Immune Disorders, C. Stephen Foster 31 Angiogenic Factors and Inhibitors, Michael J. Tolentino, Anthony P. Adamis, and Joan W. Miller 32 Principles of Toxicology of the Eye, Keith J. Lane, Matthew J. Chapin, Zhou Chen 33 Toxicology of Ophthalmic Agents by Class, Millicent L. Palmer, Robert A. Hyndiuk, Mark S. Hughes, Ann Sullivan Baker, Kristine Erickson, Alison Schroeder, James McLaughlin, Keith Lane, Sarkis H. Soukasian, Michael B. Raizman, and Cynthia Mattox Section 5 Principles of Epidemiology Edited by Frederick Ferris III, Emily Chew 34 Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Jie Jin Wang, Tien Y. Wong 35 Epidemiology of Age-Related Cataract, Barbara E. K. Klein 36 Epidemiology of Glaucoma, Anne L. Coleman, Steven L. Mansberger, M. Roy Wilson 37 Epidemiology of Diabetic Retinopathy, Hanna R. Coleman, Donald S. Fong 38 Epidemiology of Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Johanna Seddon, Lucia Sobrin Section 6 Cornea & Conjunctiva Edited by William Power, Dimitri T Azar 39 Anatomy and Cell Biology of the Cornea, Superficial Limbus, and Conjunctiva, Ilene K. Gipson and Nancy C. Joyce 40 Corneal Form and Function: clinical perspective, Stephen D. Klyce, Claes H, Dohlman, Carlos E. Martinez 41 Ocular Surface Epithelial Stem Cells and Corneal Wound Healing Response to Injury and Infection, Leonard P. K. Ang, Dimitri T. Azar 42 Corneal Examination, Topography, Specular and Confocal Microscopy, UBM and OCT, Ula V. Jurkunas, Kathryn Colby 43 Corneal Dysgeneses, Dystrophies and Degenerations, Kenneth Kenyon 44 Keratoconus and Corneal Non-inflammatory Ectasias, Elizabeth C. Cohen 45 Corneal Manifestations of Metabolic Disease, Kristin M. Hammersmith, Christopher J. Rapuano 46 Immunologic Disorders of the Conjunctiva, Cornea, and Sclera, C. Stephen Foster 47 Allergic and Toxic Reactions: The Immune Response, Mark B. Abelson, Ira J. Udell, Gail Torkildsen 48 Lid Inflammations, Audrey S. Chan, Kathryn A. Colby 49 Viral Disease of the Cornea and External Eye, Deborah Pavan Langston 50 Bacterial, Chlamydial, and Mycobacterial Infections, Francis Mah 51 Fungal Keratitis, Dennis O'Day 52 Acanthamoeba keratitis, Hassan Alizadeh, Jerry Y. Niederkorn, James P. McCulley 53 Insterstitial Keratitis, Elmer Y. Tu 54 Recurrent Epithelial Erosion Syndrome, Natalie A. Afshari, Sherman W. Reeves, Roberto Pineda, Kenneth R. Kenyon 55 Persistent Epithelial Defect, Matthew A. Dahlgren, Avinder Dhaliwal, Andrew J.W. Huang 56 Chemical Injuries of the Eye, Michael D. Wagoner, Samar Al-Swailem, Sabah Al-Jastaneiah, Kenneth R. Kenyon 57 Wetting of the Ocular Surface and Dry Eye Disorders, Eva-Marie Chong, Mona Harissi-Dagher, M. Reza Dana 58 Tumors of the Cornea and Conjunctiva, Mona H. Dagher, Kathryn Colby 59 Lamellar Keratoplasty, John Goosey 60 Penetrating Keratoplasty, Leonard P. K. Ang, S. Arthur Boruchoff, Dimitri T. Azar 61 Endothelial Keratoplasty, Mark A. Terry 62 Complications of Corneal Transplantation and their Management, Paul Denis O'Brien, William Power 63 Excimer Laser Phototherapeutic Keratectomy, Dimitri T. Azar, Jose de la Cruz, Robert P. Selkin, Walter J. Stark 64 Conjunctival Surgery, Christopher I. Zoumalan, Glenn Cockerham 65 Ocular Surface Transplantation, Ivan Schwab, W. Barry Lee 66 Amniotic Membrane Surgery, Scheffer C. G. Tseng, Wei Li, Yukihiro Matsumoto, Yasutaka Hayashida, Victoria Casas 67 Keratoprosthesis, Bilal F. Khan, Mona Harissi-Dagher, Claes H. Dohlman Section 7 Refractive Surgery Edited by Dimitri T Azar, Jorge Alio 68 History, Development and Classification of Refractive Surgical Procedures, Andre Cohen, Roger F. Steinert 69 Optical Principles for Refractive Surgery, Pablo Artal 70 Corneal Topography and Wavefront Analysis, Damien Gatinel 71 Diagnosis and Management of Corneal Irregular Astigmatism, Jorge Alio, Jose I. Belda, Robert Montes-Mico 72 Biomechanics and Wound Healing in Refractive Surgery, William Joseph Dupps, Jr., Steven E. Wilson 73 Excimer Laser Instrumentation, Theo Seiler, Tobias Koller 74 Instrumentation: Mechanical and Laser Microkeratomes, Tae-Im Kim, Faisal M. Tobaigy, Dimitri T. Azar 75 LASIK Patient Evaluation and Selection, Vance Thompson 76 Photorefractive Keratectomy for Myopia, Hyperopia and Astigmatism, Scott D. Barnes 77 Correct Diagnosis of Centration, Paolo Vinciguerra 78 LASEK and Epi-LASIK, Faisal M. Tobaigy, Dimitri T. Azar 79 LASIK for Myopia, Hyperopia and Astigmatism, Jose de la Cruz, Dimitri T. Azar 80 Wavefront-guided Excimer Laser Surgery, Maria Regina Chalita, Ronald R. Krueger 81 Intraoperative Complications of LASIK, Jorge Alio, Islam M. Hamdi 82 Incisional Surgery: Radial and Astigmatic Keratotomy, Audrey Chan, Mona Harissi-Dagher, Roberto Pineda 83 Intrastromal Corneal Rings for Myopia, Keratoconus, and Corneal Ectasia, Joseph Colin 84 CK for Hyperopia and Presbyopia, Penny Asbell 85 Scleral Procedure for Presbyopia, Hee Joon Kim, Guy Kleinmann, Richard W. Yee 86 Refractive Surgery for Phakic IOLs, Jorge Alio, Juan J. Perez-Santonja 87 Clear Lens Extraction, Jason K. Darlington, Elizabeth A. Davis 88 Accommodative and Pseudo-Accommodative Intraocular Lenses, Jorge Alio, Ahmed Galal 89 Future Developments, Marguerite B. McDonald Section 8 Uveitis Edited by Robert Nussenblatt 90 Introduction to Uveitis, Steven Yeh, Grace A. Levy-Clarke, Robert B. Nussenblatt 91 Immunosuppression, Eric B. Suhler, Paul A. Kurz, Lyndell L. Lim, James T. Rosenbaum 92 Anterior Uveitis, Phil Murray 93 Ocular Manifestations of Sarcoidosis, Grace A. Levy-Clarke, Leorey Saligan 94 Intermediate Uveitis, Janet L Davis 95 Infectious Causes of Post Uveitis, Alan Friedman 96 Birdshot Chorioretinopathy, Jennifer Thorne 97 Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (Uveomeningitic) Syndrome, Julie H. Tsai, Narsing A. Rao 98 Ocular Histoplasmosis, Julie H. Tsai, Ronald Smith 99 Sympathetic Ophthalmia, Aude Danan-Husson, Jose-Alain Sahel 100 Fuchs' Heterochromic