Glaucoma therapy : current issues and controversies

Author(s)

• Shaarawy, Tarek
• Flammer, J. (...Josef...)

Bibliographic Information

Glaucoma therapy : current issues and controversies

edited by Tarek Shaarawy, Josef Flammer ; foreword by Stephen M. Drance

Martin Dunitz, c2004

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Exploring the controversies surrounding many of the approaches to diagnosis and management, Glaucoma Therapy: Current Issues and Controversies covers the causes and pathogenesis of glaucoma. The editors and their international pool of experts offer evidence-based information drawn directly from their work. Providing a global outlook, they elucidate the latest developments in the pharmacological and surgical treatments of glaucoma.

Table of Contents

Alterations of the Optic Nerve in Glaucoma, S. Orgul Mechanisms of Intraocular Pressure Increase in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma, E.R. Tarnum Pathogenesis of Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy (GON), J. Flammer Glaucoma: The Forgotten Masses, G. Ibrahim and T. Shaarawy Indications for Intraocular Pressure Reduction and Target Intraocular Pressure, A. Bron Lipids and Glaucoma, J. Drewe Latanoprost: a Novel Agent for the Treatment of Glaucoma, T.J. Zimmerman Bimatroprost, S.A. Gandolfi Travost (Travatan (R)), J. Thygesen Pros and Cons of Ocular Hypotensive Lipids, N. Pfeiffer and J. Wahl Cosopt (R) Versus Xalatan (R), A. Hoste Influence of Intraocular Pressure Lowering Medication on Vascular Supply, G. Hollo Non-intraocular Pressure Lowering Glaucoma Medication, K. Gugleta Early Surgical Treatment of Glaucoma, T. Zeyen State of the Art on Laser Treatment, J. Thygesen Cyclodestruction in the Treatment of Glaucoma, A. Tarkkanen, P. Puska, and T. Kivela Combined Surgery for Glaucoma and Cataract: Viscocanalostomy, Phacoemulsification and Foldable Intraocular Lens Implantation, K. Yao Trabeculectomy - The Golden Standard, R.A. Hitchings Deep Sclerectomy (or the Words of Hiraclitus), T. Shaarawy and A. Mermond Deep Sclerectomy Versus Trabeculectomy: An Unholy War, S.A. Gandolfi and L. Cimino Glaucoma Drainage Implants, J. Valimaki, T. Shaarawy, and P.J. Airaksinen Controlling Tissue Repair and Regeneration after Surgery: New Treatments and Techniques, P.T. Khaw, J.C.K. Clarke, A.L. Mead, T.R.L. Wong, A. Cambrey, and J.T. Daniels The Future of Glaucoma Therapy, E.M. Van Buskirk

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Details

• NCID: BA66325702
• ISBN:
  • 1841843350
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 328 p.
• Size: 25 cm.
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 617.74106
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Glaucoma
  • LCSH : Glaucoma -- Treatment