Fig. 26.1 Line of incision into anterior chamber (Cairns [2]. With permission from Elsevier) Fig. 26.2 Elevation of the corneoscleral flap (Cairns [2]. With permission from Elsevier) Although Cairns intention…
Current diagnostic approaches Symptoms based Mechanism based Angle-closure configuration based International Society of Geography and Epidemiology of Ophthalmology (ISGEO) Acute angle-closure Pupillary block Pure pupillary block Primary angle-closure suspect (PACS)…
Study Monocular blindness (%) Bilateral blindness (%) Primarily Caucasian Study [30] 27 9 Temba Glaucoma Study [31] 58 Chen Study [32] 14.6 6.4 In African-Americans, the incidence of glaucoma is…
Fig. 29.1 Low diffuse bleb with large surface area is the goal of glaucoma surgery In this chapter we will review the practical aspects for preventing and managing the complications…
Fig. 9.1 A schematic representation of the hill of vision for a normal right eye. Sensitivity is plotted as a function of visual field location. The dark oval represents the…
Migraine headache and Raynaud’s phenomenon Vasospasm Endothelins C-reactive protein Platelet aggregation, etc. Vascular disease—carotid disease, ASCVD, MI, blood vessel, cholesterol, inflammation Nocturnal hypotension Vascular dysregulation Autoimmunity Shock syndromes/hypotension Anemias Diabetes…
(5) P.N. Schacknow, MD, PhD Visual Health Center, Palm Springs, FL, USA During the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, the Zeitgeist was such that most medical insurance carriers required that…
Fig. 28.1 Glaukos trabecular iStent (Courtesy of Glaukos Corp., Laguna Hills, California) Another technique removes an arc of trabecular meshwork and inner wall of Schlemm’s canal via electro-ablation with simultaneous…
Fig. 10.1 The Koeppe lens (Courtesy of Ocular Instruments Inc. Bellevue, Washington) Direct lenses are used to perform surgical procedures involving the iridocorneal angle, such as goniotomy. The Hoskins-Barkan (Fig….
Fig. 6.1 Optic disc measurement is essential in glaucoma evaluations. For instance, despite similar cup-to-disc ratio, due to the size, optic disc A may be normal while optic disc B…
