Re: Book review - of some interest?

[Guest guest]

Hi Shireen

My name is Donna and I am new to the group. I am looking for some

information which you may possibly be able to help me with. My son

has BPES and is under the care of Wolverhampton Eye

Infirmary. His consultant is Mr mouli who he see's every 6

months.

We are anxious to ensure that is receiving the best possible

care and we get the best advice regarding future surgery. We have

no reason for complaint but would be interested to hear if you have

heard, or know of any source of information, regarding Mr

mouli.

It seems that many people in the UK are under the care of Mr

, and if necessary we would consider contacting him for

consultation.

Also, the W-ton Eye Infirmary is destined to be closed next year

with care transferring to the local hospital and of course this

gives us cause for concern. This eye infirmary has always been

considered to be one of the best in the U.K.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards

Donna Vann

>

> Hi

> I refer to this web site:

> http://www.escrs.org/eurotimes/june%202002/Inyourgoodbooks.asp

>

> I came across this web site - it is a review for a book called:

> Colour Atlas of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery

> By AG Tyers and JRO Collin

> Butterworth & Heinemann, Oxford, UK, Second Edition 2001

> Hardback / 355 pages / Colour photographs

> ISBN: 0-7506-4254-8 / £130.00

>

> I mention it because I know that some people in this group are in

the

> medical profession or have access to specialist medical libraries.

In any

> case, the book review is an interesting read.

>

> Here are 2 extracts from the book review:

>

> [Extract 1]

>

> The authors are two well-established British ophthalmic surgeons.

> Tyers, FRCS, FRCOphth, qualified in London in 1970. He currently

works as a

> consultant ophthalmologist in the District Hospital in Salisbury,

and as a

> private practitioner in nearby New Hall Hospital. His co-author,

> Collin, FRCS, FRCOphth, qualified at Cambridge University in 1967

and

> currently works at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London.

>

> He also has private patients at a clinic in Harley Street. Both

have an

> interest in ophthalmic plastic surgery and eyelid surgery, and

publish

> regularly in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.

>

> This Atlas was a successful collaboration first published by

Churchill

> Livingstone in 1995. During the intervening years, the field of

plastic

> surgery in connection with the eye has evolved more than enough to

justify a

> new edition. Surgeons have developed new procedures and discarded

others.

> Curiously, one of the trends that has changed direction since the

first

> edition is the preference for repairing procedures using autologous

> materials, away from preserved tissues, in accordance with the

perception of

> increased risk of infection transmission.

>

>

> [Extract 2]

>

> Eyelid abnormalities are dealt with briefly under the headings

trichiasis

> and distichiasis. Several procedures to treat ptosis are

presented, with

> short but clear rationales for the choice of approach suggested.

Before and

> after photos are well used. Blepharoplasty is presented as a

different

> chapter, but cross-referenced with ptosis. Eyebrow retraction and

correction

> of every muscle around the orbit all find a section or sub-section

to

> themselves.

>

> It is interesting to note that even since 1995 there has been a

change in

> treatments favoured by surgeons.

> Regards

> Shireen Mohandes

> London, England

>