Product Description
- Text includes recent advances and is designed to meet the needs of postgraduate students and residents of ophthalmology.
- Chapters have been written by different authors who are masters in their fields with an uncanny knack of picking up the right perspectives.
- Efforts have been made to keep the layout and organization of each section as well as chapter uniform.
- Text is organized in such a way that the students can easily understand, retain and reproduce it. Various levels of headings, subheadings, and typographic patterns (bold face and italics) given in the text will be helpful for the quick revision.
- Brief list of chapter content given in the beginning of each chapter provides a clear layout of the text.
- The book has been profusely illustrated with high quality photographs and computer-drawn colour line diagrams which provide vivid details.
- Exposition of the text is such that an average postgraduate student will find it easy to glean through and assimilate the facts for quick understanding and longer retention.
Details
This book is the result of extensive research and collaboration with the leading Indian experts in the field. The text has been organized into 12 sections, each section handled by with dedicated section editors, and the entire text arranged into three distinctive volumes.
Salient features of the book
Volume 1 includes four sections: •Diseases of Conjunctiva and Ocular Surface, •Diseases of Cornea, •Disorders of Episclera and Sclera, •Disorders of Uvea
Volume 2 comprises three sections: •Disorders of Lens and Cataract Surgery, •Glaucoma, •Disorders of Retina and Vitreous
Volume 3 includes five sections: •Neuro-Ophthalmology, •Disorders of Eyelids and Oculoplasty,•Disorders of Lacrimal system, •Disorders of Orbit, •Ocular trauma
The book is slated to serve as an essential resource for residents in training as well as young practising ophthalmologists.
Additional Information
| Publisher | CBS Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd |
|---|---|
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Size | 22cm×28.5cm×3.7cm |
| Year | 2024 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Pages | 728+940+716 |
| Author | AK Khurana |
| Subject | Ophthalmology |
| About the Author | A K Khurana MS,FAICO,CTO (London) is currently Professor and Head, Department of Ophthalmology, SGT Medical College, Budhera, Gurugram, Haryana, and former Senior Professor and Head, Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, PGIMS, University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana. He has been teaching ophthalmology for the last more than four decades.In addition to this book, he has written 21 popular books and has to his credit more than 260 scientific papers published in national and international journals of repute. He has contributed several chapters to four postgraduate reference books published in India and abroad. He has also been Editor of Indian Journal of Strabismus in Paediatric Ophthalmology (IJSPO), Haryana Journal of Ophthalmology (HJO) and North Zone Journal of Ophthalmology (NZJO). He was awarded WHO Fellowship for higher studies at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, in 1994. He was also awarded Certificate in Tropical Ophthalmology at International Centre for Eye Health, Institute of Ophthalmology, University of London, UK. He has been honored with 'Distinguished Author Award' by the Federation of Educational Publishers of India; 'HOS Award for Excellence in Ophthalmology'; 'Excellence Award' by Strabismological Society of India; 'Life Time Achievement Award' by Strabismus and Paediatric Ophthalmology Society of India (SPOSI), 2017; 'National Lifetime Achievement Award' by Uttarakhand State Ophthalmological Society (UKSOS), 2018; 'Ophthalaurel Award' by Governor of Haryana on behalf of Ophthaquest,2018; fellowship of All India Collegium of Ophthalmologists (FAICO); gold medal by Intraocular Implant and Refractive Society of India (IIRSI); PN Sinha Oration Award by Bihar Ophthalmological Society, 2019; Prof. Ishwar Chandra Memorial Best Teacher in Ophthalmology ACOIN Award, 2020; SK Lal Oration by HOS in 2022, Lifetime Achievement awards by NZOS and International Society for Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery (ISMSICS) in 2022; and Sushrut Samman, highest award of Forum of Ophthalmic Teachers of India,2023. |