Glaucoma. Science and Practice

John C. Morrison, Irvin P. Pollack9780865779150, 0-86577-915-5

Oregon Health and Science Univ., Portland. Reference, for clinicians and residents, covers the full spectrum of glaucoma problems, including epidemiology and genetics, intraocular pressure, optic nerve, medical therapy, laser therapy, and surgical therapy. Includes pitfalls, references, and illustrations. DNLM: Glaucoma.

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Table of contents :
COVER PAGE……Page 1
TITLE PAGE……Page 4
ISBN 0865779155……Page 5
DEDICATION……Page 6
CONTENTS……Page 7
FOREWORD 2……Page 9
CONTRIBUTORS……Page 11
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS……Page 15
SECTION I – EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENETICS OF GLAUCOMA……Page 16
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF GLAUCOMA……Page 17
GLAUCOMA GENETICS……Page 27
SECTION II – DETERMINANTS OF INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE……Page 38
ANATOMY ANDPHYSIOLOGY OF AQUEOUS HUMOR FORMATION……Page 39
ANATOMY ANDPHYSIOLOGY OF AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW……Page 49
GONIOSCOPY……Page 57
INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE AND TONOMETRY……Page 72
AQUEOUS HUMOR DYNAMICS……Page 85
SECTION III – THE OPTIC NERVE……Page 94
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPTIC NERVE……Page 95
CLINICAL EVALUATION OF THE OPTIC NERVE HEAD……Page 105
GLAUCOMATOUS OPTIC NEUROPATHY……Page 109
QUANTITATIVE IMAGING OF THE OPTIC DISC……Page 121
EVALUATING THE NERVE FIBER LAYER……Page 129
PERIMETRY……Page 140
SECTION IV – THE GLAUCOMAS……Page 164
CLASSIFICATIONOF GLAUCOMA……Page 165
PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA……Page 168
ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA……Page 178
CHILDHOOD GLAUCOMA……Page 196
STEROID-INDUCED GLAUCOMA……Page 212
PIGMENT DISPERSION SYNDROME AND PIGMENTARY GLAUCOMA……Page 222
PSEUDO EXFOLIATION SYNDROME AND GLAUCOMA……Page 230
NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA……Page 241
IRIDOCORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL SYNDROME……Page 252
ELEVATED EPISCLERAL VENOUS PRESSURE AND GLAUCOMA……Page 258
OCULAR TRAUMA, HEMORRHAGE, AND GLAUCOMA……Page 265
LENS-INDUCED GLAUCOMA……Page 276
OCULAR INFLAMMATION AND GLAUCOMA……Page 289
RETINAL DISORDERS AND GLAUCOMA……Page 306
GLAUCOMA AFTER ANTERIOR SEGMENT SURGERY……Page 320
INTRAOCULAR TUMORS AND GLAUCOMA……Page 336
SYSTEMIC DISEASES AND GLAUCOMA……Page 349
SECTION V – MEDICAL THERAPY OF GLAUCOMA……Page 368
PRINCIPLES OF OCULAR MEDICATIONS……Page 369
ADRENERGIC AGONISTS……Page 378
ADRENERGIC ANTAGONISTS……Page 389
CHOLINERGIC AGENTS……Page 398
PROSTAGLANDIN ANALOGS……Page 406
CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS……Page 414
HYPEROSMOTIC AGENTS……Page 421
NEUROPROTECTION……Page 427
SECTION VI – LASER THERAPY OF GLAUCOMA……Page 440
BASICS OF LASERS……Page 441
LASER TRABECULOPLASTY……Page 445
LASER IRIDOTOMY……Page 454
CYCLODESTRUCTION……Page 461
SECTION VII – SURGICAL THERAPY OF GLAUCOMA……Page 472
FILTRATION SURGERY……Page 473
CATARACT SURGERY AND GLAUCOMA……Page 486
AQUEOUS SHUNTS……Page 496
OCULAR HYPOTONY……Page 513
A……Page 524
B……Page 526
C……Page 527
D……Page 529
E……Page 530
G……Page 531
I……Page 533
L……Page 535
M……Page 536
N……Page 537
O……Page 538
P……Page 539
R……Page 541
S……Page 542
T……Page 543
U……Page 544
Z……Page 545