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2nd ed, by Jack Rootman, MD, FRCSC, 560 pp, 1337 illus, $199, ISBN 0-7817-1512-1, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003.

Arch Ophthalmol. 2003;121:1810-1811.

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It is currently rare for a medical textbook, particularly a sizable one, to be written in its entirety by a single author, but that is exactly what Jack Rootman, MD, FRCSC, did to produce his latest text, Diseases of the Orbit: A Multidisciplinary Approach. The book is a compendium of Dr Rootman's current thinking and years of experience in an unusual, all-orbital referral practice in Vancouver, British Columbia, that serves all of Canada and hosts referrals of complex orbital cases from around the world.

The book contains 14 well-written chapters covering the breadth of orbital examination, problem solving, disease, and treatment. The text is accompanied by a wealth of clinical photographs, micrographs, radiographs, and explanatory diagrams, nearly all of which come from the author's clinical practice. The layout of related illustrations, such as micrographs and radiographs on the same subject, grouped together on the same page spread, helps make . . . [Full Text of this Article]

John G. Rose, Jr, MD, Reviewer
Madison, Wis

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