Retina 3

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.

I found it helpful to form an overview of retinal photoreceptor's connecting cilium relation to retinal degerative diseases. initially I did not know where to start my research but after reading the book section about connecting cilium structure and function , I formed a plan of what are the main topics in my research.

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.

I just graduated from medical school and trying to become an Ophthalmologist. Since I am not an English speaking person, it is difficult to get informations in English. However, each sections and chapters of this book is well organized and helps me to get accustomed to the medical terms in Ophthalmology. This book is easier to understand than the text books written in Japanese (I am a Japanese).