Practical Approach to Glaucoma: Case Based

Description:

An up-to-date hands-on guide for ophthalmologists

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.

Key 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.

Table of Contents:

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 Management—Open Angle

9. Glaucoma Suspect Management—Shallow 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

Index