Clinical Retina (Book ) Review

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(More customer reviews)As a medical student taking a retina elective, I wanted a book that would provide sufficient detail and color photographs at a reasonable price. This book fits the bill.
In terms of content, this book works perfectly for a beginner. The first chapter begins with the anatomy and physiology of the retina. The second covers ancillary testing from fluorescein angiography to OCT. The third chapter then provides the clinical features and differential diagnosis for a variety of retinal findings such as a cherry red spot. From there, the book continues as mentioned in the editorial review. I felt the first three chapters gave me a good foundation to understand the diseases presented later on. The writing is clear and concise throughout.
As for the photographs, there are hundreds of high-quality color photographs in this book. The entire text of the book with photographs can also be found on the CD-ROM. However, you cannot take the photographs from the CD-ROM for presentation purposes unless you have a full version of Adobe Acrobat as the entire thing is in pdf format. Being able to use the photographs for presentations would have been a plus as they are really superb.
I cannot compare this book to the Academy books since I am not a resident yet but it is certainly the best book I have seen available to me. I highly recommend it to any medical students or transitional year interns doing a retina elective.

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Free CD Includes 750 Photographs. With more than 600 magnificent color photographs culled from the authors' collections, this user-friendly resource covers the full spectrum of retinal disease in one affordable volume. Accompanied by a fully searchable CD-ROM that includes the entire book plus an additional 150 4-color photographs, Clinical Retina is formatted to help ophthalmologists quickly and easily recognize normal variations in anatomy. The easy-to-use layout combines text, atlas and differential diagnosis features to provide the most important information about each retinal condition on two facing pages. On one side, text written by established and emerging retina specialists is presented in a standard format including: Symptoms Clinical features Ancillary testing Pathology/pathogenesis Treatment/prognosis Systemic evaluation On the facing side, multiple color photographs detail the characteristic features of each condition. Clinical Retina provides chapters covering the most important areas of retinal conditions including macular disease, retinal vascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, and hereditary retinal disorders. It also includes summaries of major clinical trials involving retinal disease and highlights the indications, techniques, and complications of treatments including laser and photodynamic therapy. With its intuitive format and one of the largest collections of high-quality retinal images, this single-volume summary is an exceptional value for any ophthalmologist or retina specialist.

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