Practical Approach to Glaucoma

Glaucoma is currently the most common cause of irreversible blindness in India. It has remained a conundrum as it encompasses numerous treatment processes, with every patient responding to the same treatment and therapy in varying ways. Practical Approach to Glaucoma: Case Based provides an extensively illustrated real-world view of managing glaucoma. It covers essential information about different types of glaucomas and their management, which every ophthalmologist must know.

Salient features

• Principles of therapy together with suggested priorities are provided through simple flowcharts.
• Each chapter comprises cases explaining management of glaucoma with the help of principles and points for consideration.

• Suggested readings at the end of each chapter include seminal literature and also the most recent reviews, providing a holistic overview of the topic.

  Inhalt

1. Comprehensive Examination for the Early Diagnosis of Glaucoma
2. Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy and Its Staging
3. Gonioscopy
4. Perimetry in Glaucoma
5. Classifications of Visual Field Loss in Glaucoma
6. Optical Coherence Tomography in Glaucoma
7. Target Intraocular Pressure in Different Types and Severities of Glaucoma
8. Glaucoma Suspect ManagementOpen Angle
9. Glaucoma Suspect ManagementShallow Anterior Chamber with Narrow Angles
10. Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
11. Primary Angle-Closure Disease
12. Juvenile Open-Angle Glaucoma
13. Childhood Glaucomas
14. Secondary Glaucomas I: Pseudoexfoliation and Pigment Dispersion
15. Secondary Glaucomas II: Pseudophakic, Aphakic, Malignant, and Post-Uveitic Glaucomas
16. Traumatic Glaucoma
17. Steroid-Induced Glaucoma
18. Neovascular Glaucoma
19. Medical Therapy in Glaucoma
20. Laser Therapy in Glaucoma
21. Diagnosing and Managing Progression in Glaucoma
22. Trabeculectomy and Its Modifications
23. Glaucoma Drainage Devices
24. Other Glaucoma Surgeries
25. Glaucoma Related to the Lens and Its Surgery
26. Low-Vision Aids for Glaucoma Patients
27. Lifestyle Modifications for Glaucoma