Shields Textbook of Glaucoma

by Damji, Karim F.; Freedman, Sharon F.; Moroi, Sayoko E.; Rhee, Douglas J.; Shields, M. Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780781795852
• ISBN10: 0781795850
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-09
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Thoroughly updated, and now in full color, Shields' Textbook of Glaucoma, Sixth Edition is a clinically focused and practical textbook for general ophthalmologists treating patients with glaucoma. This classic text offers a rational approach to the medical and surgical management of glaucoma and presents a total care plan for the patient. This edition has five new or reconfigured chapters--management of the glaucoma patient/approach to the patient; principles of medical therapy; adrenergic agonists and antagonists; cholinergic stimulators and hyperosmotic agents; and neuroprotection and other investigational drugs. The book examines new technologies for intraocular pressure assessment and current diagnostic technologies such as optical coherence tomography, spectral domain optical coherence tomography, Heidelberg retinal tomograph, and GDx. Noted experts detail advances in surgical treatment of glaucoma including new glaucoma implants and angle surgery. Coverage also includes advances in genetics of glaucomatous diseases. A companion website includes the fully searchable text and an image bank.

Table of Contents

Introduction: An Overview of Glaucoma Part I: THE BASIC ASPECTS OF GLAUCOMA 1: Cellular and Molecular Biology 2: Tonometry and Techniques for Assessing Intraocular Pressure 3: Other Techniques for Assessing the Anterior Segment and Gonioscopy 4: Optic Nerve, Retina, and Choroid 5: Assessment of Visual Fields 6: Assessment of Visual Function Part II: THE CLINICAL FORMS OF GLAUCOMA 7: Classification of the Glaucomas 8: Molecular Genetics 9: Epidemiology and Public Health, Including Screening and Risk Assessment 10: The Glaucoma Suspect 11: Open-Angle Glaucomas 12: Pupillary-Block Glaucomas 13: Congenital Glaucoma 14: Developmental Glaucomas with Associated Anomalies 15: Exfoliation Syndrome 16: Glaucomas Associated with Disorders of Corneal Endothelium 17 Pigmentary and Other Glaucomas Associated with Disorder of the Iris and Ciliary Body 18: Glaucomas Associated with Disorders of the Lens 19: Glaucomas Associated with Disorders of the Retina, Vitreous, and Choroid 20: Glaucomas Associated with Elevated Episcleral Venous Pressure 21: Glaucomas Associated with Intraocular Tumors 22: Glaucomas Associated with Ocular Inflammation 23: Steroid-Induced Glaucoma 24: Glaucomas Associated with Intraocular Hemorrhages 25: Glaucomas Associated with Ocular Trauma 26: Glaucomas After Ocular Surgery Part III. MANAGEMENT OF GLAUCOMA 27: Management of Patients with Glaucoma: Approaches to Treatment 28: Adrenergic Antagonists and Adrenergic Stimulators 29: Prostaglandins and Hypotensive Lipids 30: Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors 31: Cholinergic Stimulators and Hyperosmotic Agents 32: Neuroprotection and Other Investigational Drugs 33: Anatomic Principles of Glaucoma Surgery 34: Principles of Laser Surgery for Glaucoma 35: Surgery of the Anterior Chamber Angle and Iris 36: Principles of Incisional Surgery 37: Filtering Surgery 38: Glaucoma Drainage Device Surgery 39: Surgical Management of Pediatric Glaucomas 40: Cyclodestructive Surgery 41: Surgical Approaches for Coexisting Glaucoma and Cataract