Glaucoma treatment

Glaucoma Basics contains all of the chapters from Sections IV and V of The Glaucoma Book, the 2010 hardcover reference. Newly available in an affordable softcover format, this book covers medical and surgical treatment of glaucoma. The book is fully illustrated and clearly written by international experts in the field. General ophthalmologists, glaucoma specialists, and ophthalmology residents and fellows alike will find this thorough and focused handbook invaluable.

1.Medications Used to Treat Glaucoma.- 2.Choosing Adjunctive Glaucoma Therapy.- 3.Monocular Drug Trials for Glaucoma Therapy in the Community Setting.- 4.Neuroprotection of Retinal Ganglion Cells.- 5.Compliance and Adherence: Lifelong Therapy for Glaucoma.- 6.Alternative and Non-traditional Treatments of Glaucoma.- 7.Intravitreal Steroids and Glaucoma.- 8.Pregnancy and Glaucoma.- 9.Systemic Side Effects of Glaucoma Medications.- 10.Systemic Diseases and Glaucoma.- 11.Laser Therapies: Iridotomy, Iridoplasty, and Trabeculoplasty.- 12.Laser Iridoplasty Techniques for Narrow Angles and Plateau Iris Syndrome.- 13.Laser Therapies: Cyclodestructive Procedures.- 14.Laser Therapies: Newer Technologies.- 15.Incisional Therapies: Trabeculectomy Surgery.- 16.Incisional Therapies: Trabeculotomy Surgery in Adults.- 17.Incisional Therapies: Canaloplasty and New Implant Devices.- 18.Incisional Therapies: Shunts and Valved Implants.- 19.Incisional Therapies: Whats on the Horizon?.- 20.Incisional Therapies: Complications of Glaucoma Surgery.- 21.Amniotic Membrane Grafts for Glaucoma Surgery.- 22.Treating Choroidal Effusions After Glaucoma Surgery.- 23.Cyclodialysis Clefts: Surgical and Traumatic.- 24.Epithelial Downgrowth.- 25.Penetrating Keratoplasty and Glaucoma.- 26.Descemets Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK) and Glaucoma.- 27.Cataract and Glaucoma Surgery.- 28.Cataract Extraction as Treatment for Acute and Chronic Angle Closure Glaucomas.- 29.Refractive Surgery and Glaucoma.- 30.Glaucoma after Retinal Surgery.