Glaucoma Therapy: Current Issues and Controversies

by Shaarawy; Tarek

• ISBN13: 9781841843353
• ISBN10: 1841843350
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-14
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Exploring the controversies surrounding many of the approaches to glaucoma diagnosis and management, Glaucoma Therapy: Current Issues and Controversies covers the causes and pathogenesis of glaucoma. The editors and their team of contributors, all expert investigators into the causes and treatment of glaucoma, offer cutting-edge, evidence-based information based on their work. While emphasizing non-surgical management, the book also includes coverage of surgical and laser management. Experts from Asia, Africa, North America, and Europe provide a global outlook and elucidate the latest developments in the pharmacological and surgical treatments of glaucoma.

Table of Contents

Contributors	v
Foreword by Stephen M Drance OC	viii
1. Alterations of the Optic Nerve in Glaucoma	1	(16)
Selim Orgies
2. Mechanisms of Intraocular Pressure Increase in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma	17	(10)
Ernst R Tanvn
3. Pathogenesis of Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy (GON)	27	(10)
Josef Flammer
4. Glaucoma: the Forgotten Masses	37	(14)
Ghada Ibrahim and Tarek Shaarawy
5. Indications for Intraocular Pressure Reduction and Target Intraocular Pressure	51	(10)
Alain Bron
6. Lipids and Glaucoma	61	(8)
Juergen Drewe
7. Latanoprost: a Novel Agent for the Treatment of Glaucoma	69	(22)
Thom J Zimmerman
8. Bimatroprost	91	(6)
Stefano A Gandolfi
9. Travoprost (Travatan ®)	97	(16)
John Thygesen
10. Pros and Cons of Ocular Hypotensive Lipids	113	(10)
Norbert Pfeiffer and Jochen Wahl
11. Cosopt® versus Xalatan®	123	(20)
Ann Hoste
12. Influence of Intraocular Pressure Lowering Medication on Vascular Supply	143	(20)
Gábor Holló
13. Non-intraocular Pressure Lowering Glaucoma Medication	163	(38)
Konstantin Gugleta
14. Early Surgical Treatment of Glaucoma	201	(6)
Thierry Zeyen
15. State of the Art on Laser Treatment	207	(62)
John Thygesen
16. Cyclodestruction in the Treatment of Glaucoma 227
Ahti Tarkkanen, Päivi Puska and Tero Kivelii
17. Combined Surgery for Glaucoma and Cataract: Viscocanalostomy, 239
Phacoemulsification and Foldable Intraocular Lens Implantation KeYan
18. Trabeculectomy - the Golden standard 249
Roger A Hitchings
19. Deep sclerectomy (or the Words of Hiraclitus) 257
Tarek shaarawy and André Mermoud
20. Deep sclerectomy versus Trabeculectomy: an 'Unholy' War	269	(6)
Stefano A Gandolfi and Luca Cimino
21. Glaucoma Drainage Implants	275	(16)
Julia Välimäki, Tarek shaarawy and P Julian Airaksinen
22. Controlling Tissue Repair and Regeneration after surgery: New Treatments and Techniques	291	(20)
Peng Tee Khaw, Jonathan C K Clarke, Anna L Mead, Tina T L Wong, Alison Cambrey and Julie T Daniels
23. The Future of Glaucoma Therapy	311	(12)
E Michael Van Buskirk
Index	323