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Optical coherence tomography has become a part of clinical routine in everyday eye practice, allowing objective, quantitative structural assessment and driving clinical decision making in retinal diseases, glaucoma and cataract surgery. To guide the eyecare professionals who rely on this technology, Everyday OCT: A Handbook for Clinicians and Technicians, Second Edition is a user-friendly, practical reference that provides all of the information they need to know about current OCT technologies and their clinical utilities.Drs. Joel S. Schuman, Carmen A. Puliafito, James G. Fujimoto, and Jay S. Duker represent the cutting edge of OCT applications and, together with their expert contributing authors, they have created a clear and concise guide designed to provide clinicians and technicians with the knowledge and tips to best utilize OCT technology.This Second Edition is split into three parts: an operational guide with in-depth guidance and tips on the six major OCT devices from six different manufacturers, an interpretation guide featuring all the major pathologies OCT can visualize, and a technical guide containing detailed technical aspects of the SD-OCT and the future of OCT technologies.Everyday OCT, Second Edition explains how to:Set up and employ OCT technologySelect and facilitate scansEnsure and assess the quality of scansAccurately interpret OCT imagesEveryday OCT: A Handbook for Clinicians and Technicians, Second Edition covers the diversity of new devices and applications in the field of OCT in a succinct and easy-to-read format, making it the ideal resource for clinicians and technicians to have by their side when performing or interpreting OCTs.

Chandler and Grant’s Glaucoma—one of the field’s seminal texts on the medical practice and surgical management of glaucoma, now in its Sixth Edition—includes the latest updates in an area that is currently experiencing a surge of innovation. Edited by Drs. Malik Y. Kahook and Joel S. Schuman and with writings from the late Dr. David L. Epstein and more than 80 contributors, Chandler and Grant’s Glaucoma, Sixth Edition brings together the experience of world-class glaucoma experts who belong to a long line of surgeons trained using the teachings of the original authors of this classic work.Each chapter has been meticulously edited and updated from the previous edition, while maintaining the well-established historical teachings of Drs. Paul A. Chandler and W. Morton Grant. New chapters on medical therapy as well as thorough updates on novel and minimally invasive approaches for the surgical management of glaucoma have been added.New topics and features in the Sixth Edition include:Advances in imaging of the optic nerve and retinaRho-associated protein kinase inhibitorsGlaucoma and cerebrospinal fluid pressureThe FDA’s role in the development of new diagnostic and surgical devices for patients with glaucoma Chandler and Grant’s Glaucoma has been the most relevant and invaluable reference on glaucoma for generations of ophthalmologists. This updated Sixth Edition builds on the teachings of previous editions, making the Sixth Edition as relevant in the 21st century as when the first lectures were presented by Drs. Chandler and Grant more than 55 years ago.