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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Highest Recommendation, May 12, 2007
For a comprehensive book on vitreoretinal disease, there is little to find fault with. For some less common diseases, I found the descriptions in the Gass atlas to be more detailed. Howevere, much is covered in the Ryan series that is not covered in Don Gass's atlas and so the books are complementary. The amount of detail is appropriate for this level of textbook. With three large volumes, it has proved to be a daunting task to get through it all. Retention of all this material is also not easy. For me, repetition and foundation building helps. So..
Before delving into these volumes, I would recommend reading several other retina books first for some background/foundation building including: Freeman's "practical atlas," Holz/Spaid Medical Retina book or Quillen's book, the academy book, and then for surgical techniques Steve Charles book, Ingrid Kressig's books on segmental buckling, and then finally the Highlights book "Retinal and Vitreoretinal surgery." I think these books provide a great foundation before delving into Ryan.
I think the Monographs series books on angiography and electrophysiology (volumes 5 and 2) provide a nice review of these topics before reading Ryan.
Another retina book I am reading simultaneously is Dr. Hartnett's Pediatric Retina book. It is truly excellent as well.
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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not a rating - Contents, contributors to 4th edition compared with 3rd), November 7, 2005
Ryan - Retina (4th)
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Not in the 3rd edition
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Table of Contents
VOLUME 1
Part 1 Basic Science, Inherited Retinal Disease and Tumors
Section 1 Anatomy and Physiology
1. The development of the retina, 3
Thomas Reh
Ala Moshiri
2. Stem Cells, 23
Martin Friedlander
3. The choroid: structural considerations, 33
David R. Guyer
Andrew P. Schachat
W. Richard Green
4. Functional anatomy of the mammalian retina, 43
Stephen C. Massey
5. Retinal and choroidal blood flow in health and disease, 83
Alon Harris
David Bingaman
Thomas A. Ciulla
Bruce Martin
6. Electrogenesis of the electroretinogram, 103
Laura J. Frishman
7. Cell biology of the retinal pigment epithelium, 137
Gabriele Thumann
Stephan Hoffman
David R. Hinton
8. Structure and function of rod photoreceptors, 153
Jeannie Chen
Scott Geller
John Flannery
9. The physiology and morphology of the vertebrate retina, 171
Robert F. Miller
Section 2 Visual Psychophysics
10. Color vision and night vision, 209
Joel Pokorny
Vivianne C. Smith
11. Visual acuity and contrast sensitivity, 227
Gary S. Rubin
12. Visual fields in retinal disease, 235
Steven E. Feldon
Section 3 Ocular Immunology
13. Retinal autoimmunity, 253
Wee-Kiak Lim
Robert B. Nussenblatt
Section 4 Evaluation
14. Diagnostic ophthalmic ultrasound, 265
Ronald L. Green
Sandra Frazier Byrne
15. Clinical Electrophysiology, 351*
Thomas E. Ogden
Section 5 Genetics
16. Molecular Genetics of Retinal Disease, 373
Jeremiah Brown, Jr.
Andrew R. Webster
Val C. Sheffield
Edwin M. Stone
Section 6 Retinal Degenerations and Dystrophies
17. Retinitis pigmentosa and allied disorders, 395
Richard G. Weleber
Kevin Gregory-Evans
18. Hereditary choroidal disease, 499*
Diana V. Do
Kang Zhang
Daniel C. Garabaldi
Ronald E. Carr
Janet S. Sunness
19. Abnormalities of cone and rod function, 509*
Janet S. Sunness
Ronald E. Carr
20. Hereditary vitreoretinal degenerations, 519
Albert O. Edwards
Joseph E. Robertson, Jr.
Section 7 Principles of Vitreoretinal Therapy
21. Retinal laser therapy: biophysical basis and applications, 539*
Daniel Palanker
Mark S. Blumenkranz
John J. Weiter
Part 2 Tumors of the Retina, Choroid, and Vitreous
Section 1 Tumors of the Retina
22. Retinoblastoma, 557*
A. Linn Murphree
Michael A. Samuel
J. William Harbour
Nancy C. Mansfield
23. Cavernous hemangioma, 609*
Anita Agarwal
Thomas M. Aaberg, Jr.
Paul Sternberg, Jr.
24. Capillary hemangioma of the retina and von Hippel-Lindau disease, 615
Brad J. Hinz
Andrew P. Schachat
25. Tuberous sclerosis and the eye, 625
Alan F. Cruess
Sanjay Sharma
26. Other phakomatoses, 633*
Jerry A. Shields
Carol L. Shields
27. Retinal metastases, 641
Christopher D. Pelzek
Andrew P. Schachat
28. Remote effects of cancer on the retina, 651
Ranjit S. Dhaliwal
Andrew P. Schachat
29. Melanocytoma of the optic disc, 661
Jerry A. Shields
Leonard Joffe
Section 2 Tumors of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium
30. Congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium, 667
Helmut Buettner
31. Combined hamartoma of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium, 673
Dean Eliott
Andrew P. Schachat
Section 3 Choroidal Melanoma and Related Issues
32. Choroidal nevi, 679
Justin L. Gottlieb
José Alain Sahel
Daniel M. Albert
33. Epidemiology of uveal melanoma, 691*
Johanna M. Seddon
Tara A. Young
34. Choroidal melanoma: prognosis, 699
Johanna M. Seddon
Tara A. Young
35. Pathology of choroidal melanoma, 711*
Shannath L. Merbs
W. Richard Green
36. Overview of management of posterior uveal melanoma, 735
Jerry A. Shields
37. Enucleation for choroidal melanomas, 739*
Frederick H. Davidorf
Mohamed H. Abdel-Rahman
Timothy H. Tweito
Lewis J. Chorich III
38. Brachytherapy for choroidal melanoma, 747
Dennis M. Robertson
John D. Earle
Robert W. Kline
39. Charged-particle irradiation of uveal melanoma, 761*
Evangelos S. Gragoudas
Anne Marie Lane
40. Surgical resection of choroidal melanomas, 769
Bertil E. Damato
Wallace S. Foulds
41. Vitreous, retinal, and choroidal biopsy, 779*
Anat Loewenstein
W. Richard Green
Diana V. Do
Julia A. Haller
42. Laser treatment of choroidal melanoma, 791*
Norbert Bornfeld
Gerasimos Anastassiou
43. Systematic evaluation and management of patients with choroidal melanoma, 801
James K. V. Willson
44. Collaborative ocular melanoma study, 803
Barbara S. Hawkins
Andrew P. Schachat
Section 4 Other Tumors of the Choroid
45. Choroidal metastasis, 811
Moody D. Wharam, Jr.
Andrew P. Schachat
46. Choroidal osteoma, 819*
Carol L. Shields
Gary C. Brown
Sanjay Sharma
Jerry A. Shields
47. Circumscribed choroidal hemangioma, 829*
George E. Sanborn
48. Miscellaneous uveal tumors, 843*
David J. Wilson
49. Leukemias and lymphomas, 851
Ranjit S. Dhaliwal
Andrew P. Schachat
50. Non-Hodgkin's ("reticulum cell") lymphoma, 867*
Hilel Lewis
Andrew P. Schachat
Arun Singh
VOLUME 2: MEDICAL RETINA
Section 1 Normal Retinal Anatomy and Function
51. Fluorescein angiography: basic principles and interpretation, 873*
Robert N. Johnson
H. Richard McDonald
Everett Ai
J. Michael Jumper
Arthur D. Fu
52. Quantitative fluorescein angiography, 917
Srinivas Sadda
Alex Walsh
53. Diagnostic indocyanine green videogiography, 949*
Christina M. Klais
Michael D. Ober
Antonio P. Ciardella
Lawrence A. Yannuzzi
Jason S. Slakter
Section 2 Pathologic Responses
54. Pathogenesis of serous detachment of the retina and pigment epithelium, 971
Alan C. Bird
55. Steroids in Macular Disease, 979
Carl H. Park
Glenn J. Jaffe
56. Choroidal neovascularization, 991
Stephen J. Ryan
David R. Hinton
Toshinori Murata
Section 3 Treatment Principles
57. Management of intraocular inflammation, 1011
Narsing A. Rao
Section 4 Macular Disease
58. Epidemiology of age-related macular degeneration, 1017*
Johanna M. Seddon
Clara A. Chen
59. Age changes in Bruch's membrane and related structures, 1029
Robyn Guymer
Alan C. Bird
60. Age-related macular degeneration: non neovascular early AMD, intermediate AMD, and geographic atrophy, 1041*
Neil M. Bressler
Susan B. Bressler
Shirley H. Sarks
John P. Sarks
61. Neovascular (exudative) age-related macular degeneration, 1075
Neil M. Bressler
Susan B. Bressler
Stuart L. Fine
62. Choroidal neovascular membrane in degenerative myopia, 1115
Gisele Soubrane
Gabriele J. Coscas
63. Central serous chorioretinopathy, 1135*
Christina M. Klais
Michael D. Ober
Antonio P. Ciardella
Lawrence A. Yanuzzi
64. Macular dystrophies, 1163*
August F. Deutman
Carel B. Hoyng
Janneke J.C. van Lith-Verhoeven
65. Pharmacotherapy of Age-Related Macular Degeneration, 1211
Mark S. Blummenkranz
Darius M. Moshfeghi
Section 5 Retinal Vascular Diseases
66. Etiologic mechanisms in diabetic retinopathy, 1241
Robert N. Frank
67. Nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy, 1285
Emily Y. Chew
Frederick L. Ferris, III
68. Proliferative diabetic retinopathy, 1285
Matthew D. Davis
Barbara A. Blodi
69. Retinal artery obstruction, 1323
Sanjay Sharma
Gary C. Brown
70. Central retinal vein occlusion, 1339*
Prithvi Mruthyunjaya
Sharon Fekrat
71. Branch retinal vein occlusion, 1349*
Stephen Phillips
Sharon Fekrat
Daniel Finkelstein
72. Pregnancy and retinal disease, 1355*
Justin C. Brown
Janet S. Sunness
73. Preeclampsia-eclampsia syndrome, 1367
Richard R. Ober
74. Hypertension, 1377*
Robert P. Murphy
Linda A. Lam
Emily Y. Chew
75. Rheumatic diseases, 1383*
Jennifer E. Thorne
Douglas A. Jabs
76. Parafoveal telangiectasis, 1409
Emily Y. Chew
77. Coats' disease, 1417*
Diana V. Do
Julia A. Haller
77. Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and related vasculopathies, 1424
James P. Bolling
79. Hemoglobinopathies, 1429*
Geoffrey G...
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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Highly recommended, January 22, 2004
This book is considered the "Bible" for vitreo-retinal specialists, as this book gives a comprehensive and conscise insight to diseases, treatment and opinions in the subspecialty. I highly recommend this book to any general ophthalmologist who has a keen interest in the vitreo-retinal subspecialty, and to those who are planning to take post-residency fellowships in this subspecialty.
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