Myron Yanoff and Jay S. Duker: Ophthalmology, Fifth Edition

Abstract

The 5th edition of the more than two decades well-known ophthalmology textbook by Yanoff and Duker has been published in 2018. The dimensions of the high-quality printed hardcover book already implicate that this book has the ambition to be a weighty contribution to literature in ophthalmol-ogy. Per the preface, the editors strive for good readability rather than for an encyclopedic book. While the hardcover due to its size is inconvenient to read, the editors' ambition is achieved by the handy e-book version. Luckily, the hard-cover version includes a complimentary subscription to an enhanced digital version, which is accessible through the Inkling app. A classical e-book is also available for major e-book readers at a comparable price than the hardcover version. The book is structured in 12 parts. Each part is dedicated to an overarching topic. These topics have been chosen elegantly , so that the 12 parts cover all contemporary areas of eye disease in a systematic fashion. The 12 parts also ease navigation through the large book. Each part includes-as appropriate side by side information on the nature of the diseases, diagnostics, and therapy. Therefore, each part is an itself closed entity like a textbook on its own. This makes the book not only a valuable resource to look up detailed information but also a well readable and digestible learning resource.