By

• Sandeep Saxena MS MAMS, Member, National Academy of Medical Sciences, India, DAAD Visiting Professor, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Visiting Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA, Fellow, Barnes Retina Institute and Anheuser-Busch Eye Institute, St Louis, USA, Fellow, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, CSM Medical University, (Erstwhile, King George’s Medical University), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Ophthalmic Surgery: The Cutting Edge provides a comprehensive text combined with integrated visual reference. Cover over the 1525 full-color and black and white figures of the important surgical subspecialties of ophthalmology. This book attempts to update the state of art in ophthalmic surgery in a lucid, authoritative and well-illustrated manner. Most of the techniques described have been accepted and form the background of modern ophthalmic surgery. The value of this book lies in the quality and expertise of the text chapters and contributors from around the globe. State-of-the-art anterior segment surgeries such as corneal and refractive surgeries, glaucoma surgeries, phacoemulsification, bimanual microphacoemulsification, small incision cataract surgery and pediatric cataract surgery have been included. Posterior segment surgeries such as laser photocoagulation, photodynamic therapy, transpupillary thermotherapy, vitreoretinal surgeries and macular and submacular surgeries including macular translocation have also been included. Surgical strategies in uveitis, strabismus, lid, orbit and intraocular tumors have also been presented. Advances in phacoemulsification technology including cold phaco, intraocular lens material and designs, plasma blade, and vitreoretinal surgery add further to this text. Diagnostic tests aiding glaucoma surgery and vitreoretinal surgery are novel additions. This book is intended for the experienced ophthalmologists, postgraduates as well as those in training.

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