Pearls of glaucoma management
By: JoAnn A. Giaconi ... [et al.].
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9783540682387; 9783540682400
Subjects: Glaukom; Glaucoma; Therapy; Treatment; Diagnosis
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Optic nerve: the glaucomatous optic nerve; title: Optic nerve: clinical examination; title: Optic nerve: Heidelberg retinal tomography; title: Optic nerve: scanning laser polarimetry; title: Optic nerve: optical coherence tomography; title: Optic nerve: comparison of technologies; title: Optic nerve: atypical nerves and nerve findings; title: IOP: the importance of intraocular pressure; title: IOP: instruments to measure IOP; title: IOP: central corneal thickness; title: IOP: corneal hysteresis; title: IOP: target pressures; title: IOP: fluctuation; title: Gonioscopy: why do indentation?; title: Visual fields: visual field test strategies; title: Visual fields: fluctuation and progression; title: Visual fields: field interpretation; title: Other tests in glaucoma: genetic testing; title: Other tests in glaucoma: optic nerve blood flow part I; title: Other tests in glaucoma: optic nerve blood flow II; title: Other tests in glaucoma: multifocal visual evoked potential; title: Risk factors; title: Risk factors: the risk calculator; title: Medical treatment: first line agents and monotherapy; title: Medical treatment: the pregnant and nursing woman; title: Medical treatment: carbonic anhydrase inhibitors; title: Medical treatment: osmotic agents; title: Medical treatment: neuroprotection; title: Medical treatment: treated vs. untreated glaucoma and ocular hypertension; title: Medical treatment: adherence and persistence; title: Medical treatment: alternative medicine and glaucoma; title: Procedural treatments: laser trabeculoplasty; title: Procedural treatments: endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation; title: Procedural treatments: transcleral cyclophotocoagulation; title: Procedural treatments: trabeculectomy; title: Procedural treatments: perioperative medication; title: Procedural treatments: bleb needling; title: Procedural treatments: glaucoma drainage devices; title: Procedural treatments: new surgical options; title: Procedural treatments: Ex-PRESS mini glaucoma shunt; title: Procedural treatments: phacotrabeculectomy; title: Procedural treatments: surgery in end-stage glaucoma; title: Glaucomas: managing normal-tension glaucoma; title: Glaucomas: pseucoexfoliation glaucoma; title: Glaucomas: pigment dispersion glaucoma and angle recession glaucoma; title: Glaucomas: Sturge Weber syndrome; title: Glaucomas: glaucoma and the cornea; title: Glaucomas: uveitic glaucoma; title: Glaucomas: neovascular glaucoma; title: Pediatric glaucoma: IOP, axial length, and surgery indications; title: Pediatric glaucoma: glaucoma medications and steroids; title: Pediatric glaucoma: angle surgery and glaucoma drainage devices; title: Pediatric glaucoma: trabeculectomy and glaucoma drainage devices; title: Angle-closure glaucoma: risk factors; title: Angle-closure glaucoma: iridotomy; title: Angle-closure glaucoma: imaging; title: Angle-closure glaucoma: medical therapy; title: Angle-closure glaucoma: surgical management of acute angle-closure glaucoma; title: Complications: hypotony; title: Complications: bleb leaks; title: Complications: blebitis.