Contact Lenses -

Contact Lenses

Buch | Hardcover
680 Seiten
2006 | 5th Revised edition
Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7506-8818-5 (ISBN)
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Provides a reference work on contact lenses for optometrists, dispensing opticians, ophthalmologists and contact lens practitioners. This book also provides the basic scientific foundations as well as information on silicone hydrogels, orthoK and digital imaging, practice law, research projects and practical optics.
Completely updated and revised, this classic text provides a definitive reference work on contact lenses for all optometrists, dispensing opticians, ophthalmologists and contact lens practitioners.A prestigious list of internationally known experts has contributed chapters and Judith Morris is Consultant Editor for this the fifth edition.
The book has been brought up to date to reflect modern day contact lens practice yet still provides the basic scientific foundations. From silicone hydrogels, orthoK and digital imaging to practice law, research projects and practical optics, all you need is included in one volume
Redesigned with numerous high quality line diagrams and clinical illustrations to further explain points brought out in the text.
Refocused and tightened the content has been overhauled to provide you with an essential touchstone for everyday practice.
Erudite, definitive and comprehensive the book now concentrates on the evidence behind contact lens practice and enables you to make informed choices about the care you give to your patients.
A companion website provides access to additional materials and�further content.

An everyday definitive reference work, this classic, beautifully designed text has been reinvented to provide the modern eye care practitioner with all the essential knowledge that they need in one volume.Prestigious contributors from around the world
New design to help you find information quickly
Brimming with superb illustrations and clinical photographs of the highest quality
Includes basic science and practice
New academic consultant editor
Up to date to reflect modern contact lens practice
Essential practice tools accessible from a bonus website


A prestigious list of internationally known experts has contributed chapters and Judith Morris is Consultant Editor for this the fifth edition.
The book has been brought up to date to reflect modern day contact lens practice yet still provides the basic scientific foundations. From silicone hydrogels, orthoK and digital imaging to practice law, research projects and practical optics, all you need is included in one volume.
Redesigned with numerous high quality line diagrams and clinical illustrations to further explain points brought out in the text.
Refocused and tightened, the content has been overhauled to provide you with an essential touchstone for everyday practice.
Erudite, definitive and comprehensive the book now concentrates on the evidence behind contact lens practice and enables you to make informed choices about the care you give to your patients.
A bonus website provides you with a wealth of practice tools, illustrations, worked examples and calculators as well as helpful worked simulations and examples, plus training videos for further information.

1The history of contact lenses
2Anatomy and physiology of the cornea and related structures
3Contact lens materials
4Microbiology, lens care and maintenance
5Tears and contact lenses
6Optics
7Clinical instrumentation in contact lens practice
8Assessment of patient suitability for contact lenses
9Rigid gas permeable corneal lens fitting
10Soft contact lens fitting
11 Patient management
12Toric contact lens fitting
13 Toric Extended and continuous wear lenses
14Bifocal and multifocal contact lenses
15Sclerals
16Lens checking: soft and rigid
17After-care
18Medical aspects of contact lenses, diagnosis and treatment
19Orthokeratology
20Keratoconus
21High prescriptions
22Post-keratoplasty contact lens fitting
23Post-refractive surgery
24Paediatric contact lenses
25Cosmetic and prosthetic contact lenses
26Contact lenses in other abnormal ocular conditions
27 Contact lens manufacturing
28 Modification procedures
29 Special types of contact lenses and their uses
30 Contact lens correction and myopia progression
31 Contact lens standards
32 Legal issues and contact lenses
33 Setting up a research project

Erscheint lt. Verlag 25.9.2006
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 276 x 219 mm
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitsfachberufe
ISBN-10 0-7506-8818-1 / 0750688181
ISBN-13 978-0-7506-8818-5 / 9780750688185
Zustand Neuware
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