Retinal Pharmacotherapeutics

Abstract

This is one book of the ongoing Developments in Ophthalmology series. This particular volume has five editors and many contributing chapter authors, as is typical. These authors represent a very diverse international group. The book is divided into six groups, four of which contain many chapters. The groups include "Basic Sciences in the Retina," "Animal Models and Routes for Retinal Drug Delivery," "Retinal Disease Amenable to Pharmacotherapy," and "Drugs and Mechanisms in Retinal Diseases." As we know, the practice of retina has undergone a sea change in the last 10 years. The entire field has shifted dramatically toward pharmacologic treatment. Hence, the utility of a book such as this. The reader would expect a very detailed presentation on anti-VEGF agents, and all the options are here. Also covered, as one would expect, are steroids, immuno-suppressives, and antibiotics. But it is the less expected aspects of this book that make it so useful and attractive. The book opens with a basic science section. Anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, pathology, inflammation, angiogenesis, and genetics. These seven chapters give the reader a sound basis for understanding the clinical material that follows. While