Oxford Handbook of Ophthalmology

Provides a systematic summary of ophthalmic disease directed towards diagnosis, interim assessment and ongoing management
Includes checklists for common clinical conditions and algorithms for important presentations
In line with NICE and Royal College of Ophthamologists Guidelines to provide essential evidence-based management advice
Invaluable to all those working in ophthalmology and studying for postgraduate examinations
New to this edition

Reflective of developments in the field, such as new treatments, including anti-VEGF therapies
Additional diagrams showing a larger variety of imaging techniques
More algorithms included to aid readability and increased and updated references to evidence-based material
Additional topics including information on trials, approach to statistics, investigations and their interpretations, evidence-based ophthalmology, genetic eye disease, vision in context, taking consent, perioperative care, and refractive ophthalmology
Now in its second edition, this new Oxford Handbook of Ophthalmology continues to be an unparalleled source of knowledge, providing immediate access to the detailed clinical information you need - in casualty, clinic, theatre, and on the wards.
It comprises a systematic synopsis of ophthalmic disease directed towards diagnosis, interim assessment, and ongoing management. Assessment boxes for common clinical conditions, and algorithms for important clinical presentations illustrate this practical approach. The information is easily accessed, being presented in a standard format with areas of importance highlighted. Key sections for the trainee include clinical skills, aids to diagnosis, and investigations and their interpretation. Basic perioperative care, medical emergencies and advanced life support protocols are included. New to this edition are chapters on refractive ophthalmology - containing practical advice on the treatment of refractive error by use of glasses, contact lenses and refractive surgery - and evidence-based ophthalmology - a helpful introduction to critical appraisal, levels of evidence, and medical statistics as relevant to ophthalmology.
Primarily intended for ophthalmologists, this handbook has become established as a valuable resource for anyone working with ophthalmic patients, whether optometrists, orthoptists, ophthalmic nurses or other health professions in ophthalmology. It has also become a core text for postgraduate examinations.


Alastair K. O. Denniston, MRC Clinical Research Fellow/Specialist Registrar in Ophthalmology, Academic Unit of Ophthalmology University of Birmingham, UK, and Philip I. Murray, Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Birmingham, UK

Alastair Denniston is MRC Clinical Research Fellow for the Academic Unit of Ophthalmology, University of Birmingham and Honorary Specialist Registrar at the Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre. His special interests are researching ocular immunity and trying to share with the wider world the wonders of ophthalmology.

Philip Murray is Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Birmingham, and Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre. His main clinical and laboratory interest is intra-ocular inflammation (uveitis) and he has published over 100 papers on this subject. He is also an author of three ophthalmology textbooks and has contributed chapters to others. He is frequently asked to lecture in the UK and abroad, runs postgraduate revision courses for Part 1 and Part 2 FRCOphth and is an examiner for Part 2 FRCOphth and the Fellowship Assessment. He is also a member of the Education and Examination Committees of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Chairman of the Specialist Training Committee for Medical Ophthalmology, Member of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Foundation Programme Committee, and Secretary of the International Uveitis Study Group.


1: Clinical skills
2: Investigations and their interpretations
3: Trauma
4: Lids
5: Lacrimal
6: Conjunctiva
7: Cornea
8: Sclera
9: Lens
10: Glaucoma
11: Uveitis
12: Vitreoretinal
13: Medical retina
14: Orbit
15: Intraocular tumours
16: Neuro-ophthalmology
17: Strabismus
18: Paediatric ophthalmology
19: Refractive ophthalmology
20: Aids to diagnosis
21: Vision in context
22: Perioperative care
23: Therapeutics
24: Evidence-based ophthalmology
25: Miscellaneous