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Diabetic retinopathy: Clinical evaluation and management
SURVEY
OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
VOLUME 26
l
NUMBER 2 l SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER
BO 0 K i?EV IEW S STEVEN
1981
M. PODOS, EDITOR
Diabetic Retinopathy: Clinical Evaluation and Management, by Francis A. L’Esperance, Jr., and William A. James, Jr., St. Louis, C. V. Mosby Co., 1981, 294 pp., illus. Price: $44.50
cyclopedic text that gives a clear and logical approach to contact lens dispensing. It not only provides the clinician with the basics for fitting and dispensing hard contact lenses, but it also elaborates on other aspects, such as contact lens design, scleral fitting techniques, and external eye photography - all areas that a serious student of this discipline may wish to pursue. The chapter on the history of contact lenses is well written, informative and entertaining. It encompasses the first description of a contact lens by Leonardo da Vinci to the development of soft contact lenses. There is also a very good chapter on drugs and solutions used in a contact lens practice. A description of the various preservatives, their modes of action, compatibility, advantages and disadvantages, gives the practitioner insight into the common allergic problems seen in a contact lens practice. The appendix, apart from having an excellent array of tables relating base curve power to vertex distance, etc., also has a very useful list of solutions available for hard and soft contact lenses, their intended use and the concentration of their active ingredients. In short, this text is recommended to anyone who wants more than a cookbook approach to contact lenses. GEORGE J. PAKDOS
This book is divided into two sections. The first deals with the basic aspects of diabetic retinopathy, including the historical perspectives, epidemiology, pathology and pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy. In addition, the various clinical classification systems that have been used over the past several decades are enumerated. Perhaps the most striking contributions in the first section of the book deal with the epidemiology and, hence, the enormity of the visual problems of diabetics in our society. Another highlight of the first section is the chapter on the latest molecular and biochemical events that play a significant role in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy; these are discussed in a comprehensive and lucid manner by Dr. Hunter Little. The second section of the book deals with the management of diabetic retinopathy ranging from medical treatment to laser photocoagulation and pars plana vitrectomy. There is also a special chapter on the management of diabetic maculopathy. This book provides well written up-to-date coverage of the latest concepts in the development and clinical management of diabetic retinopathy. It is highly recommended reading for residents as well as ophthalmologists in practice, and for internists and other medical personnel who deal with diabetic patients.
World Blindness and Its Prevention, edited by Sir John Wilson, New York, Oxford University Press, 1980, 93 pp. Price: $17.95
KEITH M. ZINN
This slim but significant volume began as a collection of documents from the Fifth General Assembly of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness held in Oxford, England in 1978. The aim of the Assembly was to plan strategies for multidisciplinary action internationally against the causes of blindness and mobilization of resources for the relief of the world’s blind. For the purposes of this book, the documents were increased in scope and significance and a number of previously unpublished reports from the World Health Organization on the technology and strategy of international action for the prevention of blindness were added.
Contact Lenses: Background, Pre-fitting Care and Basic Hard Lens Techniques, Vol. 1, 2nd ed., edited by J Stone and AJ Phillips. Woburn, MA, Butterworths, 1981, 375 pp., illus. Price: $79.95. This is the first of a two-volume text that encompasses the science and art of contact lenses. As the title suggests, the first volume deals with the historical development of contact lenses, pre-fitting considerations for both soft and hard contact lenses, and hard contact lens fitting techniques. This is an en106
OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
VOLUME 26
l
NUMBER 2 l SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER
BO 0 K i?EV IEW S STEVEN
1981
M. PODOS, EDITOR
Diabetic Retinopathy: Clinical Evaluation and Management, by Francis A. L’Esperance, Jr., and William A. James, Jr., St. Louis, C. V. Mosby Co., 1981, 294 pp., illus. Price: $44.50
cyclopedic text that gives a clear and logical approach to contact lens dispensing. It not only provides the clinician with the basics for fitting and dispensing hard contact lenses, but it also elaborates on other aspects, such as contact lens design, scleral fitting techniques, and external eye photography - all areas that a serious student of this discipline may wish to pursue. The chapter on the history of contact lenses is well written, informative and entertaining. It encompasses the first description of a contact lens by Leonardo da Vinci to the development of soft contact lenses. There is also a very good chapter on drugs and solutions used in a contact lens practice. A description of the various preservatives, their modes of action, compatibility, advantages and disadvantages, gives the practitioner insight into the common allergic problems seen in a contact lens practice. The appendix, apart from having an excellent array of tables relating base curve power to vertex distance, etc., also has a very useful list of solutions available for hard and soft contact lenses, their intended use and the concentration of their active ingredients. In short, this text is recommended to anyone who wants more than a cookbook approach to contact lenses. GEORGE J. PAKDOS
This book is divided into two sections. The first deals with the basic aspects of diabetic retinopathy, including the historical perspectives, epidemiology, pathology and pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy. In addition, the various clinical classification systems that have been used over the past several decades are enumerated. Perhaps the most striking contributions in the first section of the book deal with the epidemiology and, hence, the enormity of the visual problems of diabetics in our society. Another highlight of the first section is the chapter on the latest molecular and biochemical events that play a significant role in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy; these are discussed in a comprehensive and lucid manner by Dr. Hunter Little. The second section of the book deals with the management of diabetic retinopathy ranging from medical treatment to laser photocoagulation and pars plana vitrectomy. There is also a special chapter on the management of diabetic maculopathy. This book provides well written up-to-date coverage of the latest concepts in the development and clinical management of diabetic retinopathy. It is highly recommended reading for residents as well as ophthalmologists in practice, and for internists and other medical personnel who deal with diabetic patients.
World Blindness and Its Prevention, edited by Sir John Wilson, New York, Oxford University Press, 1980, 93 pp. Price: $17.95
KEITH M. ZINN
This slim but significant volume began as a collection of documents from the Fifth General Assembly of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness held in Oxford, England in 1978. The aim of the Assembly was to plan strategies for multidisciplinary action internationally against the causes of blindness and mobilization of resources for the relief of the world’s blind. For the purposes of this book, the documents were increased in scope and significance and a number of previously unpublished reports from the World Health Organization on the technology and strategy of international action for the prevention of blindness were added.
Contact Lenses: Background, Pre-fitting Care and Basic Hard Lens Techniques, Vol. 1, 2nd ed., edited by J Stone and AJ Phillips. Woburn, MA, Butterworths, 1981, 375 pp., illus. Price: $79.95. This is the first of a two-volume text that encompasses the science and art of contact lenses. As the title suggests, the first volume deals with the historical development of contact lenses, pre-fitting considerations for both soft and hard contact lenses, and hard contact lens fitting techniques. This is an en106