ABSTRACT
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
chapter 2|10 pages
Mechanisms of Intraocular Pressure Increase in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
ECHANISMS OF NTRAOCULAR RESSURE NCREASE IN RIMARY LAUCOMA Ernst R Tamm
chapter 3|1 pages
Pathogenesis of Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy (GON)
ATHOGENESIS OF LAUCOMATOUS EUROPATHY Josef Flammer
chapter 4|6 pages
Glaucoma: the Forgotten Masses
LAUCOMA ORGOTTEN ASSES Ghada Ibrahim and Tarek Shaarawy
chapter 5|1 pages
Indications for Intraocular Pressure Reduction and Target Intraocular Pressure
RESSURE EDUCTION AND ARGET NTRAOCULAR RESSURE Alain Bron
chapter 7|2 pages
Latanoprost: a Novel Agent for the Treatment of Glaucoma
REATMENT OF LAUCOMA Thom J. Zimmerman, M.D., Ph.D.
chapter 10|10 pages
Pros and Cons of Ocular Hypotensive Lipids
CULAR YPOTENSIVE IPIDS Norbert Pfeiffer and Jochen Wahl
chapter 12|6 pages
Influence of Intraocular Pressure Lowering Medication on Vascular Supply
RESSURE OWERING EDICATION ASCULAR UPPLY Gábor Holló
chapter 13|38 pages
Non-intraocular Pressure Lowering Glaucoma Medication
INTRAOCULAR RESSURE LOWERING LAUCOMA EDICATION Konstantin Gugleta
chapter 16|1 pages
Cyclodestruction in the Treatment of Glaucoma
REATMENT OF LAUCOMA Ahti Tarkkanen, Päivi Puska and Tero Kivelä
chapter 17|1 pages
Combined Surgery for Glaucoma and Cataract:Viscocanalostomy, Phacoemulsification and Foldable Intraocular Lens Implantation
URGERY FOR LAUCOMA AND ATARACT ISCOCANALOSTOMY HACOEMULSIFICATION AND OLDABLE NTRAOCULAR MPLANTATION
chapter 18|4 pages
Trabeculectomy – the Golden Standard Roger A Hitchings
RABECULECTOMY OLDEN TANDARD RA Hitchings
chapter 19|1 pages
Deep Sclerectomy (or the Words of Hiraclitus)
CLERECTOMY IRACLITUS Tarek Shaarawy and André Mermoud
chapter 20|2 pages
Deep Sclerectomy versus Trabeculectomy: an ‘Unholy’War Stefano A Gandolfi and Luca Cimino
CLERECTOMY VERSUS RABECULECTOMY NHOLY Stefano A. Gandolfi and Luca Cimino
chapter 21|1 pages
Glaucoma Drainage Implants
LAUCOMA RAINAGE MPLANTS J Välimäki,Tarek Shaarawy and PJ Airaksinen
chapter 22|7 pages
Controlling Tissue Repair and Regeneration after Surgery: New Treatments and Techniques
ISSUE EPAIR AND EGENERATION AFTER URGERY REATMENTS AND ECHNIQUES Peng Tee Khaw, Jonathan CK Clarke, Anna L Mead, Tina TL Wong, Alison Cambrey and Julie T Daniels
