Leela Ahuja
Ex-Professor of Strabismology Ex-Director, Institute of Ophthalmology Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh, UP India
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Manual of Squint
© 2008, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
All rights reserved. No part of this publication should be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means: electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author and the publisher.
First Edition: 2008
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- Shridivale Sai Baba
- My Husband Prof (Dr) OP AhujaEx-Director of Institute of Ophthalmology and Director, Founder of Ahuja Eye Centre, Aligarh
- My grandchildren– Ashir, Arjun, Shishir, Aanchal, Rhea and Savani — the future of India
A lot of literary works have been done on squint but still there is a dearth of standard books on strabismus for postgraduate students. No doubt, surgery of squint is done by many ophthalmologists, but mostly, it is on cosmetic grounds and that too without the help of proper orthoptic department. It is also a fact that general public is reluctant to have treatment, particularly surgical treatment of squint, as this malady is considered to be due to displeasure of some Goddess. The importance is not to cure deviation, but to improve binocular function. Blindness has existed since time immemorial as illustrated in the story of Shravan Kumar.
I realize that some of the topics are very much comprehensive so I have tried to simplify them by providing their description in simple and easily understood language. Most controversial aspects of certain conditions have been deliberately left out for the sake of easy understanding. This book includes material from Duke-Elder, Kyth Lyle, von Noordan, Kanski, Muller and Paymann. The first three chapters on applied anatomy of paralytic squint are venture of my husband Prof OP Ahuja, Ex-Director, Institute of Ophthalmology, and Founder and Director of Ahuja Eye Centre, Aligarh, UP.
I owe so much to Prof GP Gupta, Ex-Director of Institute of Ophthalmology, Aligarh, Prof BS Goel, Ex-Director, Institute of Ophthalmology, Aligarh and my son Dr Anupam Ahuja, Consultant, Ahuja Eye Centre, Aligarh for help and providing me photographs.
I am immensely thankful to Late (Prof) LP Agarwal, Ex-Director AIIMS, Delhi, Prof (Dr) Manoj Shukla, Ex-Director, Institute of Ophthalmology, Aligarh, Prof (Dr) SS Soodan, Principal and Director of Ascon College of Medical Science, Jammu, Prof S Mittal, Head, Department of Ophthalmology, Meerut Medical College, Prof BD Sharma, Head, Department of Ophthalmology, Agra Medical College, Prof RC Nagpal, Head, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Jolly Grant Medical College, Dehradun and Dr Bhavna Chawla, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, AIIMS, New Delhi for their support.6
Moreover, I would like to thank Dr Namrata Bhardwaj, Dr Awadesh Bhardwaj, Dr Gyatri Ahuja, Dr Indira Mehrotra, Dr Naintara Vasudeva, Dr Sheela Sachdeva, Dr Usha Chawla, Dr Shashi Ahuja, Mrs Vimal Narula, Mrs Manju Ahuja and Mrs Aruna Ahuja for their encouragement to me.
My sincere thanks to Mr Zaheer Ahmad (Limra Computers), Rumana Naz (Artist) and Mr Kanaihya (Typist) for help.
I am extremely grateful to Aligarh Muslim University for giving me opportunity to serve in the Department of Ophthalmology for 33 years.
My special thanks to my publisher Shri JP Vij, CEO, editorial board and the other staff of M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd., New Delhi for giving me this opportunity to author this book.
Last, but not the least, the strength and energy given by God alone could have made me complete this book.
Leela Ahuja