Smolin and Thoft's the cornea : scientific foundations and clinical practice.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smolin, Gilbert.

Foster, C. Stephen (Charles Stephen), 1942-

Azar, Dimitri T.

Dohlman, Claes H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cornea--Diseases.

Cornea.

Corneal Diseases.

Medical Subjects:

Corneal Diseases.

Physical Description:

xviii, 1323 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition / editors C. Stephen Foster, Dimitri T. Azar, Claes H. Dohlman.

Other Title:

Cornea

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2005]

Summary:

Smolin and Thoft' s The Cornea is often praised as the best available source of information on corneal and external diseases. This new edition, with its greatly expanded color atlas section, continues to provide guidance on diagnosing and managing problems associated with the cornea. It is now fully updated and contains additional information on corneal surgery, refractive surgery, and stem cell grafting, and a new chapter on optical and therapeutic contact lenses.

Contents:

Pt. 1 Fundamentals

Sect. I Basic science

Sect. II Examination and evaluation techniques

Sect. III Epidemiology of cornea and external diseases

Pt. 2 Clinical topics

Sect. IV Infectious diseases: bacterial keratitis and conjunctivitis. Fungal keratitis, conjunctivitis, and canaliculitis

Sect. V Immunologic disease: conjunctivitis

Sect. VI Ocular surface disease

Sect. VII Metabolic and congenital disease

Sect. VIII Conjunctival corneal dysplasia and malignancy

Sect. IX Trauma

Sect. X Corneal dystrophies and degenerations

Sect. XI Corneal and conjunctival manifestations of dietary deficiencies

Sect. XII Contact lenses

Pt. 3 Corneal, scleral, and conjunctival surgery

Sect. XIII Supportive and protective

Sect. XIV Rehabilitative

Sect. XV Corneal visual rehabilitation surgery

Sect. XVI Keratorefractive surgery

Index.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Cornea. 3rd ed. c1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0781742064

OCLC:

56325195