Cataract and Glaucoma Surgery
and John Danias4 (3) Department of Ophthalmology, Beth Israel Hospital, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY, USA (4) Department of Ophthalmology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA…
Indications for Therapy
1. The patient has glaucoma 2. The patient may have glaucoma 3. The patient will develop visual field loss 4. The physician is fearful of being sued 5. The patient…
Neovascular Glaucoma
(3) Beri Eye Care Associates, Portland, OR, USA The association of central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) and glaucoma/elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) has long been observed. The first person to…
Digital Imaging of the Optic Nerve
Fig. 8.1 This is a 53-year-old patient with normal-tension glaucoma. These are the confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (CSLO) images of the optic nerves showing (a) significant loss in the supero-nasal…
Pigment Dispersion Syndrome and Pigmentary Glaucoma
Fig. 16.1 Pigment dispersion syndrome with Krukenberg spindle Fig. 16.2 Mid-peripheral, radial, slit-like pattern transillumination defects are seen most commonly inferonasally in young PDS/PG patients Fig. 16.3 In PDS, the…
Exfoliation Syndrome and Glaucoma
Fig. 17.1 Light microscopic appearance of exfoliation material deposition on the lens surface (Courtesy of Ursula Schloetzer-Schrehardt) Fig. 17.2 Electron microscopic appearance of exfoliation material aggregates (Courtesy of Ursula Schloetzer-Schrehardt)…
Malignant Glaucoma (Posterior Aqueous Diversion Syndrome)
Diagnostic criteria for classic malignant glaucoma Flattening or shallowing of the axial (central anterior chamber with peripheral flattening) Increased or greater than expected IOP after filtering surgery Absence of pupillary…
Inflammatory Disease and Glaucoma
Fig. 19.1 Classification scheme for elevated IOP in uveitis based on underlying mechanism and timing of IOP rise with respect to the onset of inflammation (Modified from Zelefsky and Cunningham…
Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndrome and Glaucoma
Fig. 20.1 Specular microscopy in iridocorneal endothelial (ICE) syndrome. In a patient with Cogan–Reese syndrome, endothelial cells were pleomorphic and the cell count was decreased in the left eye (affected)…
Laser Therapies for Glaucoma
Fig. 25.1 Diagram illustrating micropulsed diode laser energy delivery in a 15 % duty cycle. Laser turned on for 300 μs and off for 1,700 μs, thus on for 15…
