1142 BOOK REVIEWS

can carry his ophthalmoscope in one coat pocket and this volume in the other ; they should balance nicely.

Thomas Chalklev

N K T Z H A U T A B L Ö S U N G : K L I N I S C H - T H E R A -

PEUTISCIIE UND E X P E R I M E N T E L L E A S -

PEKTE. By Rudolf Klöti. Basel, S. Kar-ger AG, 1965. Paperbound, 146 pages, 81 figures in black and white, 55 tables, bibliography, index. Price: sFr . /DM33. - . The experiences with retinal detachment

surgery at the Zürich Clinic reported in this monograph are interesting for several rea-sons, one of which is that Klöti is the oph-thalmologic descendent of Gonin who preceded him at the same clinic. The com-parison of the results of retinal detachment operations in the period 1951-53 and 1961-63 is informative and parallels the ex-periences of others. The important contribu-tion which Klöti has made is the use of the patient's own fascia lata to replace synthet-ics, such as polyethylene or silicone, in buckling, circling and trap-door procedures. He presents convincing arguments in sup-port of this procedure and his results are comparable to those which other authors re-port.

The use of a silver spatulalike instrument placed temporarily in such fashion as to in-dent the posterior pole was successful in one case in which a macular hole was present.

Klöti, himself, expressed astonishment at

the fact that no retinal dehiscence was found in 17.5% of the 1961-63 series.

This book is recommended for anyone interested in the problem of retinal detach-ment. The material has been carefully ana-lyzed but the statistics presented in tabular form are confusing. The illustrations, all in black and white, are well chosen and clear. There is a good bibliography.

Daniel Snydacker

COMPLICATIONS AFTER CATARACT SLIRGERY.

Edited by Frederick H . Theodore, M.D. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1965. Clothbound, 672 pages, 112 figures in black and white, 43 tables, chapter ref-erences, index. Price : $16.00. The editor has done an excellent job in

bringing together 31 contributors without more than a little overlapping and duplica-tion. The subject is covered well, including complications during and after surgery, all types of infection and other complications. The chapters on infection and its prevention, mostly by Theodore, are particularly rec-ommended to every cataract surgeon. The material is up to date and includes cryosur-gical techniques for dislocated lenses by Rizzuti and by Kelman. A chapter on opti-cal complications of aphakia by Linksz is delightful.

The book is recommended to every oph-thalmologist and should be required reading for every eye resident.

H. Saul Sugar