Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Section 1: Epidemiology, Growth and Development 1. Epidemiology and World-wide Impact of Visual Impairment in Children 2. Clinical Embryology and Development of the Eye 3. Clinical Developmental Biology of the Eye 4. Clinical aspects of Normal and Abnormal Visual Development + DVM 5. Pre- and Post-natal growth of the eye and the visual system, emmetropization, refraction and refractive errors: current and developing treatments. 6. Milestones and Normative Data

Section 2: Core Practice 7. History, Examination and Further Investigation 8. Visual Electrophysiology: how it can help you and your patient 9. Imaging the fundus 10. Ophthalmic Genetics in your practice

Section 3: Infections, Allergic and External Eye Disorders 11. Toxoplasmosis and other intrauterine infections 12. Conjunctivitis of the Newborn 13. Preseptal and Orbital Cellulitis 14. Endophthalmitis. 15. External Eye Disease and the Oculocutaneous Disorders 16. Ocular Manifestations of HIV/AIDS in Children

Section 4: Systematic Paediatric Ophthalmology Part 1: Disorders of the Eye as a Whole 17. Disorders of the Eye as a Whole Part 2: Lids, Brows and oculoplastics 18. Developmental Anomalies of the Lids 19. Ptosis, other lid problems, eyelashes and sockets- practical management 20. Lid and Orbital Capillary Hemangiomas and other Vascular Disease Part 3: Orbit and Lacrimal 21. Lacrimal System 22. Orbital Disease in Children 23. Neurogenic Tumours 24. Rhabdomyosarcoma 25. Other Mesenchymal Abnormalities 26. Metastatic, Secondary & Lacrimal Gland Tumours 27. Histiocytic, Haematopoietic and Lymphoproliferative Disorders 28. Craniofacial Abnormalities 29. Cystic Lesions and Ectopias 30. Inflammatory Disorders Part 4: External Disease and Anterior segment 31. Conjunctiva and Subconjunctival Tissue 32. Developmental Abnormalities of the Anterior Segment and Aniridia 33. Corneal Abnormalities in Childhood 34. Corneal Dystrophies 35. Lens 36. Congenital and Other Cataracts 37. Childhood Glaucoma Part 5:

"This textbook on pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus is, simply put, the best available text on this subject matter, bar none!" -- "Survey of Ophthalmology, "Vol. 50, No. 5, September-October 2005, Review of Previous Edition

"this text is an excellent comprehensive resource in pediatric ophthalmology that attains its stated goals of "chapters that are related to each other, were clinically comprehensive and at a very high academic and practical level whilst being a 'masterpiece of compression'. " -- "American Journal of Ophthalmology, "Vol. 140, Issue 2, August 2005, Review of Previous Edition

"I compared [this book] to other texts in the same field including several from the past. It surpassed all of them chapter by chapter and in comprehensiveness. This is a marvelous book, which provides comprehensive coverage of the field. I predict it will be the "Gold Standard" text for this field for the foreseeable future." -- "Ocular Surgery News", Vol. 23, No. 14; July 15, 2005, Review of Previous Edition "[T]his third edition continues as a comprehensive, abundantly illustrated (with some 1,650 images) reference important to ophthalmologists, optometrists, and pediatricians. All aspects are covered, including diagnostic and investigative guidelines, general principles of management, and detailed consideration of specific diseases. Emphasis is on a holistic approach to patient management that considers the family." -- "SciTech Book News", Vol. 29, No. 1; March 2005, Review of Previous Edition