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Presurgical Evaluation of Eyes with Opaque Media
VOL. 95, NO. 4
BOOK REVIEWS
tial diagnoses, followed by specific dis ease entities. Once again, I am impressed that the texts presented to the medical student in internal medicine are comprehensive texts designed equally for the practition er, the certified specialist, and the medi cal student. They seem to have none of the problems that one sees in some spe cialty volumes. I have used this book in recent work and in the evaluation of typescripts that come across my editorial desk. The appendix of laboratory values does not give values in international units; with very few exceptions, however, international units are not used in my hospital. The section on giant cell arteritis was not adequate. I thought the section on chronic granulomatous disease and disor ders of the neutrophil was outstanding. The section on chlamydial diseases, though brief, is excellent. The sections on metabolic disease and thyroid disease are exceptionally well done. The introduc tion to diabetes mellitus is inclusive, al though I thought the discussion of the ocular complications of diabetes was in complete. There was no mention of rubeosis iridis. All in all, I found this a promising beginning with room to grow. FRANK W.
NEWELL
Presurgical Evaluation of Eyes with Opaque Media. By Dwain Gordon Ful ler and William L. Hutton. New York, Grune & Stratton, Inc., 1982. Hard cover, 228 pages, index, 189 figures. $39.50 Current surgical techniques have cre ated new demands on our ophthalmic diagnostic skills. We must now attempt to make accurate predictions about visual outcome in eyes with opaque media, eyes in which traditional examination tech
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niques are of limited usefulness. Fortu nately, we now have an excellent hand book that introduces us to the newer methods used to evaluate these patients. The authors and publisher have done an excellent job with this book. It is well illustrated and well written. The content is comprehensive but not encyclopedic. A section on subjective retinal function tests ranges from light perception to the blue field entoptic phenomenon and laser interferometry. Other sections on brightflash electroretinography and the visualevoked potential discuss the authors' ex perience and techniques in depth. A 120-page section on ultrasonography is an excellent introduction to the subject. Nu merous hints, suggestions, and state ments of personal experience enhance the clinical usefulness of the text. Our success in evaluating these pa tients remains somewhat limited, but this handbook shows how to remove some of the uncertainties. Every ophthalmologist who evaluates eyes with opaque media should be familiar with this book. TERRY A.
Cox
Current Management in Ophthalmology. Edited by Douglas D. Koch, David W. Parke II, and David Paton. New York, Churchill Livingstone Inc., 1983. Hardcover, 338 pages, index, 158 black and white figures. $44.50 This book contains 18 chapters cover ing a wide range of selected topics in ocular therapeutics with emphasis on clinical relevance and timeliness. The text is somewhat unusual in that the editors have not themselves contributed a single chapter. Nonetheless, their efforts have not been without result. The book is remarkably free of typographic errors, the illustrations are first-rate, and the readability excellent.
BOOK REVIEWS
tial diagnoses, followed by specific dis ease entities. Once again, I am impressed that the texts presented to the medical student in internal medicine are comprehensive texts designed equally for the practition er, the certified specialist, and the medi cal student. They seem to have none of the problems that one sees in some spe cialty volumes. I have used this book in recent work and in the evaluation of typescripts that come across my editorial desk. The appendix of laboratory values does not give values in international units; with very few exceptions, however, international units are not used in my hospital. The section on giant cell arteritis was not adequate. I thought the section on chronic granulomatous disease and disor ders of the neutrophil was outstanding. The section on chlamydial diseases, though brief, is excellent. The sections on metabolic disease and thyroid disease are exceptionally well done. The introduc tion to diabetes mellitus is inclusive, al though I thought the discussion of the ocular complications of diabetes was in complete. There was no mention of rubeosis iridis. All in all, I found this a promising beginning with room to grow. FRANK W.
NEWELL
Presurgical Evaluation of Eyes with Opaque Media. By Dwain Gordon Ful ler and William L. Hutton. New York, Grune & Stratton, Inc., 1982. Hard cover, 228 pages, index, 189 figures. $39.50 Current surgical techniques have cre ated new demands on our ophthalmic diagnostic skills. We must now attempt to make accurate predictions about visual outcome in eyes with opaque media, eyes in which traditional examination tech
573
niques are of limited usefulness. Fortu nately, we now have an excellent hand book that introduces us to the newer methods used to evaluate these patients. The authors and publisher have done an excellent job with this book. It is well illustrated and well written. The content is comprehensive but not encyclopedic. A section on subjective retinal function tests ranges from light perception to the blue field entoptic phenomenon and laser interferometry. Other sections on brightflash electroretinography and the visualevoked potential discuss the authors' ex perience and techniques in depth. A 120-page section on ultrasonography is an excellent introduction to the subject. Nu merous hints, suggestions, and state ments of personal experience enhance the clinical usefulness of the text. Our success in evaluating these pa tients remains somewhat limited, but this handbook shows how to remove some of the uncertainties. Every ophthalmologist who evaluates eyes with opaque media should be familiar with this book. TERRY A.
Cox
Current Management in Ophthalmology. Edited by Douglas D. Koch, David W. Parke II, and David Paton. New York, Churchill Livingstone Inc., 1983. Hardcover, 338 pages, index, 158 black and white figures. $44.50 This book contains 18 chapters cover ing a wide range of selected topics in ocular therapeutics with emphasis on clinical relevance and timeliness. The text is somewhat unusual in that the editors have not themselves contributed a single chapter. Nonetheless, their efforts have not been without result. The book is remarkably free of typographic errors, the illustrations are first-rate, and the readability excellent.