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A very useful tool
Friday, February 1, 2019The intravitreal injection boom shows no signs of abating. Whereas injections were once the task of the ophthalmologist alone, they are currently performed by trainees and nurses as well. This, however, requires proper training and instruction that can be time-consuming and costly. A concise, well-written text could thus be a very useful educational tool. Intended […]
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Bridging the gap between text and journal
Friday, February 1, 2019Vitreoretinal Disorders edited by Glenn Yiu Published By Springer
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Combining text and video with an eye on the future
Friday, February 1, 2019It seems that every year, a new corneal transplantation technique is developed and introduced. How can we keep up? Books can help inform, offering a wealth of information that would take forever to gather from journals & conference presentations. But a book only tells half the story. Videos of surgical procedures offer a nearly first-hand […]
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The latest in quality imaging
Friday, December 7, 2018Retina: Medical & Surgical Management EDITORS: Atul Kumar and Raghav Ravani
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The Surgeon’s Guide to SMILE
Friday, December 7, 2018Small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE®) is gaining in popularity. The Surgeon’s Guide to SMILE (Slack Incorporated) seeks to provide a thorough guide to performing the procedure. Written by Dan Z. Reinstein, Timothy J. Archer and Glenn I. Carp, this guide can both get a surgeon started and refine a more experienced surgeon’s technique. This book is […]
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Knowing when to refer
Friday, December 7, 2018Ophthalmologists working in large hospital centres with a significant population of paediatric patients with systemic disease will find The Eye in Pediatric Systemic Disease to be a crucial addition to their armamentarium. This textbook covers the ocular manifestations in all paediatric disease, from haematologic to infectious and from psychiatric to traumatic. Patients are often referred […]
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Covering the entire spectrum
Friday, December 7, 2018Taylor & Hoyt’s Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus (Elsevier) is a 1,000-page, 107-chapter textbook that covers the entire spectrum of paediatric eye disease. Edited by Scott R. Lambert and Christopher J. Lyons, it is a comprehensive, full-fledged reference text that can serve as the cornerstone of an ophthalmologist’s knowledge in this subspecialty. High-quality photographs, including fundus […]
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Ophthalmology books reviewed by Leigh Spielberg MD
Saturday, September 1, 2018Mastering the field The Atlas of Lacrimal Drainage Disorders (Springer), by Mohammad Javed Ali, is a comprehensive, 700-page, 77-chapter guide to the evaluation and management of lacrimal drainage disorders. Dr Javed Ali is a surgeon who treats only patients with nasolacrimal disorders, and this atlas is intended to accompany his textbook Principles & Practice of […]
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Bridging the knowledge gap
Friday, June 1, 2018Bridging the gap between knowledge of the basic sciences of the eye and all that can go wrong with it
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Every major topic
Friday, June 1, 2018A comprehensive textbook, covering every major topic of the posterior segment
