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Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol (2016) 254:411 DOI 10.1007/s00417-014-2808-y
BOOK REVIEW
Glaucoma Medical Diagnosis & Therapy (vol. 1), Surgical Management (vol. 2). 2nd ed. Editors:Tarek M. Shaarawy, Mark B. Sherwood, Roger A. Hitchings, Jonathan G. Crowston (2015) List price: 311 USD. ISBN: 978-0-7020-5193-7. E-book ISBN: 978-0-7020-5541-6. Elsevier & Saunders
Guenter Krieglstein
Received: 19 September 2014 /Accepted: 22 September 2014 /Published online: 16 October 2014 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
The present, second edition of this world-renowned, two-volume textbook (hardback) of glaucoma represents a superb continuation of its first edition in the year 2009. One has to congratulate the editors for bringing together 320 contributors, all of them internationally respected experts on glaucoma, to write up the 128 chapters of this two-volume book on 1,202 printed pages. Despite this large number of authors, the various chapters offer a surprising homogenity in structure and layout. The book is perfectly illustrated with an adequate number of figures, tables, and boxes. A...