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Textbook of Ophthalmology
About this book
This 2nd edition of Textbook of Ophthalmology is updated keeping in view the advancements in diagnostics and treatment. It is an essential book written to cater to the needs of MBBS students, those preparing for PG medical entrance, postgraduate residents, ophthalmic faculty, and practicing ophthalmologists. It covers all theoretical and practical aspects in ophthalmology. It employs gradual progression of content complexity, covering all required aspects of anatomy, physiology, clinico-pathology of eye disorders, necessary investigations, and recommended latest management.
Consisting of 28 chapters, the topics begin with anatomy and physiology of vision and further describe all the intraocular structures and their related disorders, intraocular tumors, and injuries.
Separate chapters have been included for ocular manifestations in neurological and systemic disorders. The chapter on ocular symptomatology will be helpful to understand the clinical approach to eye diseases. The last chapter on community ophthalmology highlights the latest updates in the "National Program for Control of Blindness & Visual Impairment" and tele-ophthalmology.
Key Features:
- The text is as per the latest (September 2024) competency based NMC curriculum.
- It is written in simple language with gradual progression of the content from basics of anatomy, physiology, and clinico-pathology to latest management of different disorders.
- Understanding and recollection of topics are made easier with algorithms, tables, and flow diagrams along with more than 300 clinical images and illustrations.
- Applied aspects have been highlighted in boxes.
- The Competency Mapping Chart is updated.
- Clinical vignettes are also added at the end of each chapter.
- A link of videos for various procedures as per the revised competency-based curriculum is also included.
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Table of contents
- Textbook of Ophthalmology
- MedOne Access Information
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Note from the Authors
- Competency Mapping Chart
- 1 Anatomy and Embryology of the Eye
- 2 Vision—Its Physiology, Neurology, and Assessment
- 3 Optics and Refraction
- 4 Ocular Therapeutics
- 5 Ocular Symptoms and Examination
- 6 The Conjunctiva
- 7 The Cornea
- 8 The Sclera
- 9 The Uveal Tract
- 10 The Pupil
- 11 The Lens
- 12 The Glaucoma
- 13 Vitreous Humor
- 14 The Retina
- 15 The Optic Nerve
- 16 The Afferent (Sensory) System
- 17 The Efferent (Motor) System
- 18 Strabismus (Squint)
- 19 Ocular Tumors
- 20 Ocular Injuries and Emergencies
- 21 The Lids
- 22 The Lacrimal Apparatus
- 23 The Orbit
- 24 Ocular Manifestations in Neurological Disorders
- 25 Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Diseases
- 26 Cryotherapy and Lasers in Ophthalmology
- 27 Eye Surgery
- 28 Community Ophthalmology
- Index
- Additional MedOne Access Information