Clinical Decision Making in Glaucoma

Glaucoma is a condition of the eye in which the optic nerve is damaged due to increased fluid pressure in the eye. Left untreated, the condition may lead to permanent blindness.

This book is a guide to the diagnosis and management of glaucoma.

Beginning with an overview of the condition and its symptoms, the following chapters cover diagnostic and treatment methods for different causes and types of glaucoma.

The text concludes with discussion on surgical management of glaucoma, through both filtration and lasers, and minimally invasive procedures.

A complete chapter is dedicated to childhood glaucoma.

Edited by internationally recognised specialists from around the world, the book is highly illustrated with clinical images, diagrams and tables. Key concepts are explained with the help of clinical cases.

Key points

• Comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of glaucoma
• Includes discussion on surgical management techniques
• Clinical cases help explain key concepts
• Internationally recognised editor and author team

1. The Science and Art of Glaucoma: General Principles
2. Glaucoma Diagnostics
3. The Asymptomatic Patient with Elevated Pressure
4. Initial Treatment in Primary Open Angle Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension
5. Follow-Up of Open-Angle Glaucoma
6. Glaucoma Suspects I: Elevated Intraocular Pressure
7. Glaucoma Suspects II: Cupping or Field Loss without Elevated Pressure (Normal
   Tension Glaucoma)
8. Acute Symptomatic Elevated Intraocular Pressure
9. The Abnormal Angle
10. Uveitis and Elevated Intraocular Pressure
11. Elevated Pressure in Ocular Trauma
12. Childhood Glaucoma
13. Miscellaneous Conditions
14. Surgical Management of Glaucoma: Filtration and Lasers
15. Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery

Index

Shibal Bhartiya MS MD
Senior Consultant Glaucoma Surgeon, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon; and Fortis Flt Lt Rajan Dhall Hospital, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India

Colin Clement MBBS PhD FRANZCO
Clinical Lecturer, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Australia

Syril Dorairaj MD FACS
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Consultant Glaucoma, Anterior Segment Surgery, Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA

George Yu Xiang Kong MBBS BMedSci PhD FRANZCO
Eye Surgeon and Glaucoma Subspecialist, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Oscar Albis-Donado MD
Ophthalmologist – Glaucoma, Associate Professor, Instituto Mexicano de Oftalmología, Queretaro, Mexico