Ocular Trauma: Principles and Practice Book

Ocular Trauma: Principles and Practice is the first comprehensive clinical reference on ocular injuries in more than a decade. Each chapter gives you detailed instructions on evaluation, treatment, and management, including "what to do", "how to do it", and "why to do it." You'll also learn techniques for developing individualized treatment strategies for hard-to-identify injuries.

The book begins with general terminology and classification of ocular trauma, and goes on to cover such topics as: the new role of endoscopy; eye restoration with complete iris loss; anterior chamber disorders; rehabilitation advances; medicolegal issues regarding the ophthalmologist as an expert witness; and much more! Insightful chapters written by patients offer their perspectives on the physical injuries and emotional trauma they have experienced.

This reader-friendly book is a valuable addition to the professional library of every ophthalmologist, retina specialist, resident, and emergency room physician who deals with trauma patients. No other resource gives you such an abundance of information on assessment, emergency intervention, management, and rehabilitation. Make sure you have the best, state-of-the-art information as you treat patients who have suffered an ocular injury.

Key features of OCULAR TRAUMA:

· A systemic approach to eye management on a "tissue by tissue" basis, instead of the traditional anterior/posterior approach

· Practical, easy-to-use format, featuring more than 350 illustrations (156 in full color), pearls, pitfalls, bullets, and special considerations-ideal for daily practice

· An international panel of expert authors offering up-to-date global perspectives on management of ocular trauma

· Draws on the largest epidemiologic and clinical data collection available, The United States Eye Injury Registry

· Offers an important discussion of medicolegal issues facing ophthalmologists called as expert witnesses

· Provides a comprehensive list of common abbreviations and frequently used terms

· And more!

Doody Review Services

Reviewer:Stephen J. Phillips, M.D.(Johns Hopkins Hospital)
Description:This book is a complete, yet concise, up-to-date manual for diagnosis and management of ocular trauma.
Purpose:Using the latest standardized ocular trauma terminology, this book provides a tissue-by-tissue approach to the patient with an ocular injury, with an emphasis on pearls and pitfalls of management gained from the collective experience of a group of the world's experts in eye injury. Because it provides a quick reference, with key points clearly highlighted and with instructive illustrations, it is a welcome addition to the ocular trauma literature.
Audience:Residents and practitioners who frequently see and manage severe eye injuries such as chemical corneal injury, endophthalmitis and intraocular foreign body are the targeted audience. But given the collection of authorities contributing to this work, even those surgeons who routinely perform reconstruction of severely disorganized globes may benefit from the pearls of advice in these chapters.
Features:The strength of this book is in its unconventional style. The bulleted, highlighted, no-fluff presentation of the data is an effective way of presenting key scientific points concisely.
Assessment:The field of ocular trauma managment continues to undergo dramatic and constant change, with the introduction of new surgical techniques including use of keratoprostheses, heavy liquids, silicone oil, and new microsurgical instrumentation. This book not only provides the most current information on the approach to management of ocular trauma, but it makes that information readily and rapidly accessible.