Cornea

This book, with contributions by some distinguished ophthalmologists, neatly summarizes some of the recent advances in corneal diseases and their management. The opening chapter by Dua and Said, is an appropriate introduction to the book, dealing as it does with the fundamental basics of ocular health – the tear film, conjunctiva, the limbus with its reservoir of stem cells and corneal nerves. The authors’ summary of the current principles in the management of some commonly encountered diseases of the ocular surface like dry eye, infective keratitis and allergic eye disease would be useful to all general ophthalmologists. The algorithmic approach in the treatment of the more complex group of cicatrizing disorders of the ocular surface has been dealt with nicely.