Evidence-based ophthalmology / edited by Richard Wormald, Liam Smeeth, Katherine Henshaw, with research by Anupa Shah.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sect. I The basics 1 Finding the evidence -- 2 Synthesizing the evidence -- 3 Evidence in practice -- Sect. II Primary -- 4 Allergic conjunctivitis -- 5 Acute bacterial conjunctivitis -- 6 Viral conjunctivitis -- 7 Screening older people for impaired vision -- Sect. III Paediatrics and ocular motility -- 8 Congenital and infantile cataract -- 9 Congenital glaucoma -- 10 Retinopathy of prematurity -- 11 Ophthalmia neonatorum -- 12 Unilateral amblyopia -- 13 Infantile esotropia -- 14 Accommodative esotropia -- 15 Childhood exotropia -- 16 Prevention of myopia progression -- Sect. IV Adnexal -- 17 Entropion and ectropian -- 18 Thyroid eye disease -- 19 Lacrimal obstruction -- Sect. V Cornea and external disease -- 20 Trachoma -- 21 Corneal abrasion and recurrent erosion -- 22 Herpes simplex keratitis -- 23 Suppurative keratitis -- Sect. VI Uveitis -- 24 Ocular toxoplasmosis -- 25 Onchocerciasis -- 26 Idiopathic (autoimmune) sight-threatening uveitis -- 27 Cytomegalovirus retinitis in patients with AIDS -- 28 Anterior uveitis -- Sect. VII Glaucoma -- 29 Primary open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension -- 30 Acute and chronic angle closure glaucoma -- 31 Modification of wound healing in glaucoma drainage surgery -- Sect. VIII Cataract -- 32 Cataract surgical techniques -- 33 Intraocular lens implant biocompatibility -- 34 Multifocal and monofocal intraocular lenses -- 35 Perioperative management of cataract surgery -- 36 Sect. IX -- Retinal diseases -- 36 Age-related macular degeneration -- 37 Treatment of lattice degeneration and asymptomatic retinal breaks to prevent rhegmatogenous retinal detachment -- 38 Surgery for proliferative vitreoretinopathy -- 39 Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment -- 40 Surgical management of full-thickness macular hole -- 41 Retinal vein occlusion -- Sect. X Diabetic retinopathy -- 42 Medical interventions for diabetic retinopathy -- 43 Photocoagulation for sight threatening diabetic retinopathy -- 44 Vitrectomy for diabetic retinopathy -- Sect. XI Neuro-ophthalmology -- 45 Optic neuritis -- 46 Arteritic and non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy -- 47 Idiopathic intracranial hypertension -- 48 Toxic and nutritional optic neuropathies -- 49 Traumatic optic neuropathy -- Sect. XII Ophthalmic oncology -- 50 Ocular adnexal and orbital tumours -- 51 Uveal melanoma -- 52 Retinoblastoma -- Sect. XIII Rehabilitation -- 53 Vision rehabilitation -- Index.

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