Contemporary Perspectives on Ophthalmology is a specialty text targeting all learners of modern-day ophthalmology, particularly who are making the first steps in the discovery of this vibrant branch of medicine after completing their general medicine course as undergraduates. Contemporary Ophthalmology as a branch of medicine has grown to enormous magnitudes in the last decade. Hence, the students need a comprehensive compilation detailing the updates in the subject for easy and quick perusal before their examination.
The current edition is completely redesigned, and many chapters are rewritten in order to make it relevant. Some of the key features include:
- Wide and comprehensive coverage of updated topics in all specialties of ophthalmology.
- Succinct and focused format for quick reading and understanding.
- Key updates on evolving topics such as refractive surgery, ocular therapeutics, stem cells and corneal surgery, advances in cataract surgery, glaucoma investigations and treatment, uveal disorders, retinal surgery, oculoplastic procedures and ocular trauma.
- Enhanced emphasis on diagnosis of ocular disorders and investigations.
- A chapter on community ophthalmology.
- A new chapter on statistics for core understanding required for research techniques.
- Many illustrations and artworks for better elucidation of key concepts.
- Videos on selected topics.
The current edition is completely redesigned, and many chapters are rewritten in order to make it relevant. Some of the key features include:
- Wide and comprehensive coverage of updated topics in all specialties of ophthalmology.
- Succinct and focused format for quick reading and understanding.
- Key updates on evolving topics such as refractive surgery, ocular therapeutics, stem cells and corneal surgery, advances in cataract surgery, glaucoma investigations and treatment, uveal disorders, retinal surgery, oculoplastic procedures and ocular trauma.
- Enhanced emphasis on diagnosis of ocular disorders and investigations.
- A chapter on community ophthalmology.
- A new chapter on statistics for core understanding required for research techniques.
- Many illustrations and artworks for better elucidation of key concepts.
- Videos on selected topics.
Table of Contents
SECTION I Ocular Refraction1 Corneal Topography and Wavefront Sensing, 3
A.K. Gupta, V. Krishna
2 Overview of Refractive Procedures, 17
V. Krishna, A.K. Gupta
3 Surgical Correction of Hypermetropia
and Presbyopia, 34
A.K. Gupta, V. Krishna
4 Contact Lenses, 41
Yogeshwari Bansal, Ritu Arora, V. Krishna
5 Low Visual Aids, 52
A.K. Gupta, V. Krishna
SECTION II Ocular Therapeutics
6 Newer Drugs in Glaucoma, 63
L. Gowtham, Thirumurthy Velpandian
7 Drugs Used for the Management of Ocular
Viral Infections, 74
Nabanita Halder, Thirumurthy Velpandian
8 Antifungal Drugs for Ophthalmic Use, 81
Madhu Nath, Thirumurthy Velpandian
9 Fluoroquinolones and Other Antibacterials, 87
Ujjal Kumar Das, Thirumurthy Velpandian
10 Immunosuppressive Agents in
Ophthalmology, 116
Laxmi Moksha, Thirumurthy Velpandian
11 Intravitreal Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
Inhibitors and Corticosteroids in Retinal
Disorders, 124
Charu Gupta, Cyrus M. Shroff
SECTION III Cornea and Ocular
Surface Disorders
12 Stem Cells in Ophthalmology, 145
Uma Sridhar, A.K. Gupta
13 Microbial Keratitis: A Guide to Diagnosis
and Management, 155
Uma Sridhar, A.K. Gupta
14 Ocular Surface Disorders: Classification,
Diagnosis and Management, 163
Uma Sridhar, A.K. Gupta
15 Eye Banking, 174
Parul Jain, Uma Sridhar
16 Recent Advances in Lamellar Keratoplasty, 179
Rajesh Fogla, Uma Sridhar, A.K. Gupta
SECTION IV Paediatric Ophthalmology
17 Retinopathy of Prematurity, 187
A.K. Gupta, V. Krishna
18 Amblyopia, 192
B.S. Goel
19 Intermittent Exotropia (Divergent
Squint), 197
Madhu Karna
20 Esodeviations, 204
Zia Chaudhuri, Sachin Mehta
21 Vertical Squint, 209
Pradeep Sharma
22 Nystagmus, 214
V. Krishna
23 Genetics in Ophthalmology, 219
Ashish Gupta
SECTION V Lens and Glaucoma
24 Recent Advances in Cataract Surgery, 229
Abhay R. Vasavada, Archana Koul
25 Intraocular Lenses: Evolution and Recent
Advances, 251
V. Krishna, Archana Koul, A.K. Gupta
26 Determination of Intraocular Lens Implant
Power, 262
Ranjan Dutta, Shubha Mehta
27 Glaucoma Drainage Devices, 281
Gunjan Joshi, Sushmita Kaushik
28 Recent Advances in Trabeculectomy, 285
Sushmita Kaushik
29 Pharmacologic Modulation of Glaucoma
Filtering Surgery, 288
N.N. Sood, Santosh G. Honavar
30 Uveoscleral Outfl ow, 293
V. Krishna, A.K. Gupta
31 Lasers Therapy in Glaucoma, 296
Devindra Sood, Nitin Mehrotra, H.C. Agarwal, N.N. Sood
32 Automated Perimetry in Glaucoma, 304
Binita B. Shelat, B. Sridhar Rao
33 Retinal Nerve Fibre Layer Evaluation
Using Scanning Laser Polarimetry for
Glaucoma, 336
Shibal Bhartiya, Parul Ichhpujani, Tanuj Dada
SECTION VI Uvea, Vitreous, Retina, Optic
Nerve and Pathways
34 Basic Concepts in Immunology and
Immunological Disorders of the Uvea, 349
S.R. Rathinam
35 Investigations in Uveitis, 360
S.P. Garg, Pradeep Venkatesh
36 Ocular Infl ammation and
Immunopharmacotherapy, 364
Shishir Narain, Rupesh Agrawal
37 Ocular Manifestations of AIDS, 370
A.K. Gupta, V. Krishna
38 Endophthalmitis, 378
Lingam Gopal, Amit Nagpal
39 Vitreoretinal Surgery: Instrumentation, 384
Lalit Verma, Ritu Arora
40 Pars Plana Surgery of the Posterior
Segment, 392
H.K. Tewari, Atul Kumar, Vineet Mutha
41 Silicone Oil and Intraocular Gases in the
Management of Retinal Detachment, 397
Lingam Gopal, Amit Nagpal
42 Liquid Perfl uorocarbons in Vitreous
Surgery, 405
B. Ghosh, A.K. Gupta, Shahana Mazumdar
43 Age-Related Macular Degeneration, 409
S. Natarajan, K. Sudhamathi, A.K. Gupta, V. Krishna
44 Lasers in Posterior Segment Diseases, 417
P. Namperumalsamy
45 Newer Ophthalmic Laser Systems, 430
A.K. Gupta, Usha K. Raina, Priyanka Gupta
46 Clinical Spectrum of Retinitis Pigmentosa and
Its Variants, 437
Meena Chakrabarti, P. Namperumalsamy
47 Intraocular Tumours, 451
Santosh G. Honavar, Roshmi Gupta
48 Approach to Neuro-Ophthalmology and
Cranial Nerves in Ophthalmic Practice, 466
Shishir Narain, Ranjan Dutta, Manish Malhotra
49 Sellar and Suprasellar Lesions, 475
Satya Karna
SECTION VII Ocular Trauma, Orbit
and Oculoplasty
50 Anterior Segment Trauma: Current Status, 487
A.K. Grover, Shilpa Taneja Mittal
51 Management of Posterior Segment Trauma:
Current Status, 509
Lingam Gopal, Amit Nagpal
52 Evaluation of a Patient With Orbital
Disease, 522
Zia Chaudhuri
53 Basic Principles of Oculoplastic Surgery, 534
A.K. Grover, Shaloo Bageja, Shilpa Taneja Mittal
54 Advances in Lacrimal Surgery, 543
A.K. Grover, Shaloo Bageja, Shilpa Taneja Mittal
55 Recent Advances in Oculoplastic Surgery, 549
A.K. Grover, Shaloo Bageja, Shilpa Taneja Mittal
SECTION VIII Ocular Diagnosis
56 Ophthalmic Electrodiagnostic Techniques, 569
Usha K. Raina, A.K. Gupta
57 Specular Microscopy of the Corneal
Endothelium, 582
Deepender Chauhan, Noshir M. Shroff
58 Fundus Fluorescein Angiography of
Retinochoroidal Disorders, 587
Shishir Narain, Cyrus M. Shroff
59 Ultrasonography in Ophthalmology, 604
Usha K. Raina
60 Optical Coherence Tomography, 615
Shahana Mazumdar, A.K. Gupta
61 Evaluation of Macular Function in Opaque
Media, 635
V. Krishna, Ritu Arora, A.K. Gupta
62 Imaging of the Orbit, 640
Veena Chowdhury, Sapna Singh
SECTION IX Community Ophthalmology
63 Vision 2020: The Global Perspective, 667
A.K. Gupta, V. Krishna
64 National Programme for Control of Blindness:
The 50 Year Long Journey, 671
Promila Gupta
65 National Blindness Surveys in India, 674
Praveen Vashist, Vivek Gupta, Suraj Senjam Singh, Pallavi Shukla
66 How to Write a Postgraduate Thesis
Protocol, 678
Ruchi Goel
67 Statistics, 685
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