Overview
Includes basic and advanced instruction in the evaluation and management of eye and surrounding tissue trauma
Provides a practical reference and educational resource for ophthalmologists, ophthalmology residents, emergency room physicians and residents, and pediatric physicians and residents
Discusses ocular trauma in the pediatric and adult patient with medical and surgical treatment options, as well as potential complications
Includes multiple case reports with high quality color photographs after each section
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Arranged by ocular anatomy and subspecialty, with a detailed index permitting the reader to locate a discussion involving a specific type of ocular injury, this text covers ocular trauma in the pediatric and adult patient with medical and surgical treatment options, as well as potential complications. The Textbook of Ocular Trauma: Evaluation and Treatment provides a practical reference and educational resource for ophthalmologists, ophthalmology residents, emergency room physicians and residents, and pediatric physicians and residents, with basic and advanced instruction in the evaluation and management of eye and surrounding tissue trauma.
This text includes multiple case reports with high quality color photographs after each section, as well as detailed medical illustrations of trauma cases and their treatment. Case studies include both common and unusual types of ocular and surrounding tissue trauma, which provide practical guidance in the evaluation and treatment of eye injuries.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Stephen C. Kaufman, MD, PhD is The Vice-Chairman, Professor and Director of Cornea and Refractive Surgery at the State University of New York - Downstate. He is the Chairman of the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Knowledge Base Committee for Cornea, sits on the Executive Board of the Cornea Society, serves on the Medical Advisory Board of the Eye Bank Association of America, is Chairman of the Mid-West Cornea Association and serves on other American Academy of Ophthalmology, Eye Bank Association of America and Cornea Society committees. He has lectured internationally and published and presented over 300 papers.
Douglas Lazzaro, MD, FACS, FAAO, is the Richard C. Troutman M.D. Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmology and Ophthalmic Microsurgery and serves as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at SUNY Downstate. He serves as director of Continuing Medical Education for the department of Ophthalmology, and has been course director for many regional and international symposia. He also serves as Director of Ophthalmology at University Hospital of Brooklyn, and Kings County Hospital Center. Dr. Lazzaro lectures regularly throughout the United States, is a lifetime member of Swathmore's Who's Who and has been named to Super Doctors by the New York Times on multiple occasions.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Textbook of Ocular Trauma
Book Subtitle: Evaluation and Treatment
Editors: Stephen C. Kaufman, Douglas R. Lazzaro
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47633-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-47631-5Published: 14 June 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83787-1Published: 28 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-47633-9Published: 22 April 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 284
Number of Illustrations: 47 b/w illustrations, 144 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ophthalmology, Emergency Medicine, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine