Ophthalmology Secrets

by Janice Gault MD, FACS

Overview

For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Ophthalmology Secrets, 5th Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style – making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

• The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time  – succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective. 

• Coverage includes the full range of topics in this broad specialty, from basic science to problems of the aging eye. 

• Fully revised and updated, including protocols and guidelines that are continuously evolving and that increasingly dictate best practices. 

• Key clinical images are presented in full-color. 

• Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams. 

• Bulleted lists, mnemonics, practical tips from global leaders in the field – all providing a concise overview of important board-relevant content. 

• Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime. 

• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323661881
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	05/06/2022
Series:	Secrets
Edition description:	5th ed.
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

I.	General
1.	Clinical Anatomy of the Eye	1
2.	Anatomy of the Orbit and Eyelid	7
3.	Optics and Refraction	11
4.	Color Vision	25
5.	The Electroretinogram, the Electro-oculogram, and Dark Adaptation	31
6.	Ophthalmic Ultrasonography	39
7.	Visual Fields	47
II.	Cornea and External Diseases
8.	The Red Eye	65
9.	Corneal Infections	79
10.	Ophthalmia Neonatorum	91
11.	Topical Antibiotics and Steroids	95
12.	Dry Eyes	103
13.	Corneal Dystrophies	109
14.	Keratoconus	115
15.	Refractive Surgery	123
III.	Glaucoma
16.	Glaucoma	133
17.	Angle Closure Glaucoma	139
18.	Secondary Open-angle Glaucoma	153
19.	The Medical Treatment of Glaucoma	159
20.	Trabeculectomy Surgery	167
21.	Traumatic Glaucoma and Hyphema	177
IV.	Cataracts
22.	Cataracts	189
23.	Techniques of Cataract Surgery	193
24.	Complications of Cataract Surgery	199
V.	Ocular Deviations
25.	Amblyopia	205
26.	Esodeviations	213
27.	Miscellaneous Ocular Deviations	221
28.	Strabismus Surgery	229
29.	Nystagmus	233
VI.	Neuro-Ophthalmology
30.	The Pupil	237
31.	Diplopia	243
32.	Optic Neuritis	249
33.	Miscellaneous Optic Neuropathies and Neurologic Disturbances	253
VII.	Oculoplastics
34.	Tearing and the Lacrimal system	259
35.	Orbital Imaging	265
36.	Proptosis	269
37.	Thyroid-related Ophthalmopathy	275
38.	Orbital Inflammations	281
39.	Ptosis	285
40.	Eyelid Tumors	289
VIII.	Uveitis
41.	Granulomatous Uveitis	295
42.	Masquerade Syndromes	301
43.	Ocular Manifestations of AIDS	305
IX.	Retina
44.	Toxic Retinopathies	313
45.	Coats' Disease	319
46.	Fundus Trauma	323
47.	Age-related Macular Degeneration	329
48.	Retinopathy of Prematurity	335
49.	Diabetic Retinopathy	341
50.	Retinal Arterial Obstruction	347
51.	Retinal Venous Occlusive Disease	353
52.	Retinal Detachment	357
53.	Retinoblastoma	365
54.	Pigmented Lesions of the Ocular Fundus	371
X.	Neoplasms
55.	Ocular Neoplasms	377
56.	Orbital Tumors	385
	Index	393

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