Book review
Media Type: Textbook (Hard Cover) Synopsis: The role of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in the diagnosis and treatment of retinal pathology has been well-established. Although anterior segment OCT was first…
Book review
Media Type: Textbook Synopsis: It is rare for any book to be both informative and entertaining, much less a medical textbook. But, with a wealth of practical information conveyed in…
Book review
Media Type: Textbooks and DVDs Synopsis: Drs McCord and Codner have written an excellent two-volume text entitled Eyelid and Periorbital Surgery . In the preface the authors state that the…
Book review
Media Type: Atlas and Textbook (Hard Cover) Synopsis: Jerry and Carol Shields update their previous 3-volume series on ocular oncology with a textbook and atlas that has been consolidated into…
Book review
Media Type: Textbook Synopsis: In this era of “Googling” our questions when taking care of patients, Drs. Fekrat and colleagues provide concise, practical answers to 49 questions/dilemmas that may come…
Quality of Cataract Surgery
Although cataract is recognized as the leading cause of blindness, together uncorrected refractive error after cataract surgery and complications of surgery often form the second-leading cause of blindness. Poor vision…
Keratoprosthesis in China
The article “Global Corneal Blindness and the Boston Keratoprosthesis Type 1” by Ament and associates illustrates the substantial global burden of visual impairment and the relief of this burden afforded…
Glaucoma Medications in the Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study
I read with interest the paper by Gedde and associates presenting the Tube versus Trabeculectomy Trial. One of the issues discussed was the number of glaucoma medications. At the first…