Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. The most comprehensive book available on all aspects of this revolutionary technique! "Small incision cataract surgery is arguably the most gratifying and efficient procedure currentely practiced in all of medicine. Moreover, it likely yields the best cost to benefit ration of all surgical procedures....I anticipate that all cataract surgeons, and in turn their patients, will benefit from this epic work, as a result we are indebted to Dr. Garg and his co-editors."--Samuel Masket, MD, Clinical Professor, Jules Stein Institute, UCLA Center for Health Services (from the foreword) This unique textbook is dedicated to the art and science of the chop procedure. Contributors with vast experience and varied geographic practice settings offer their individual perspectives on the technique. The reader can benefit not only from the written words, but also from the a DVD containing videos of the various techniques discussed.

This book is new, comprehensive and clinically relevant with in-depth focus on anterior segment diseases. It concentrates on the vital areas of the eye surface abnormalities including pathology of tear film, diseases of conjunctiva, eyelids, cornea and sclera, developmental abnormalities and tumors. The majority of the book chapters follow the template including: introduction; clinical signs and symptoms; investigations; differential diagnosis; general principles of treatment and prognosis. This volume deals with all types of anterior segment diseases especially congenital and developmental anomalies, tear film disorders (dry eye), various conjunctival and corneal diseases (infectious, inflammatory, neoplastic, degenerative and trauma), sclera and episclera, iris and ciliary body and finally keratoplasty in a comprehensive manner.