Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
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…
Complications of Glaucoma Surgery
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…
Detecting Functional Changes in the Patient’s Vision: Visual Field Analysis
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…
Normal-Tension Glaucoma
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…
Medications Used to Treat Glaucoma
(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…
Newer FDA-Approved Incisional Therapies
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…
Gonioscopy
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….
Clinical Examination of the Optic Nerve
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…
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…
