Full Description
The Pocket Guide to Glaucoma provides essential information on glaucoma for medical students, residents, fellows, and general ophthalmologists.
Drs. Joseph F. Panarelli, Davinder Grover, Arsham Sheybani, and colleagues have designed this book as the ultimate quick-read manual on glaucoma, using a conversational tone that allows readers to retain information in the most effective manner. Medical students, residents, and fellows can use this accessible, high-yield handbook during their rotations to familiarize themselves with the essentials on glaucoma, while general ophthalmologists will be glad to have it as a quick reference guide to current best practices.
Each chapter in The Pocket Guide to Glaucoma is arranged in short, easy-to-read sections and is accompanied by numerous color photographs to aid in recognition and retention.
Among the topics covered:
Optic nerve head imaging
Laser procedures for glaucoma
Medical therapy for glaucoma
Microinvasive glaucoma surgery
Traditional glaucoma surgery: pearls and pitfalls
Landmark glaucoma trials
Eye care providers at all skill levels will benefit from the high-yield, quick-access information contained in The Pocket Guide to Glaucoma, whether they are preparing for their first surgeries or are longtime physicians.
Contents
Dedication About the EditorAbout the Associate Editors Contributing AuthorsIntroduction Chapter 1: Glaucoma: Classification and Appropriate TerminologyWen-Shin Lee, MD and Jeffrey L. Goldberg, MD, PhDOpen-Angle GlaucomaAngle-Closure GlaucomaPediatric Glaucoma Chapter 2: What Is Glaucoma and Who Is At Risk for It?Kateki Vinod, MDAnatomy and PathophysiologyRisk Factors Chapter 3: Measuring Intraocular PressureLilian Nguyen, MD; John T. Lind, MD, MS; and Sara J. Coulon, MDApplanationDynamic Contour TonometryRebound TonometryIndentation TonometryNoncontact or Air-Puff TonometryOcular Response AnalyzerDigital TonometryTranspalpebral TonometryFactors That Affect Intraocular Pressure MeasurementsThe Future of Measuring Intraocular Pressure Chapter 4: Anterior Segment Imaging: What Should You Use and When?Janice Kim, MD; Kitiya Ratanawongphaibul, MD; and Teresa C. Chen, MDUltrasound BiomicroscopyAnterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography Chapter 5: Optic Nerve Head Imaging in GlaucomaRavneet S. Rai, MD; Gadi Wollstein, MD; and Joel S. Schuman, MDStructural Changes in GlaucomaOptic Nerve Head Imaging ModalitiesNew Frontiers in Imaging Chapter 6: Visual Fields: What I Need to KnowAhmad A. Aref, MD, MBA and Donald L. Budenz, MD, MPHRole of Perimetry in Glaucoma ManagementKinetic Versus Automated Static PerimetryAutomated Visual Field Testing ProtocolsInterpreting the Swedish Interactive Testing Algorithm Standard 24-2, Size III Single Field Analysis PrintoutSeverity StagingAssessing ProgressionPitfalls and Artifacts Chapter 7: Laser Procedures for GlaucomaJ. Minjy Kang, MD and Paul A. Sidoti, MDLaser BasicsCommon Glaucoma Laser Procedures Chapter 8: Medical Management of GlaucomaSara J. Coulon, MD and Murray Fingeret, ODMedication ClassesBeginning TreatmentThe Monocular Trial: Where Has It Gone?Follow-Up VisitsWhen to Advance Treatment Chapter 9: Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgery: Trabecular Bypass/Ablation ProceduresIqbal Ike K. Ahmed, MD and Anna T. Do, MDSchlemm's Canal-Based MicrostentsTrabecular Ablative Procedures Chapter 10: Canal-Based Glaucoma SurgeryJonathan B. Lin, MD, PhD and Arsham Sheybani, MDAb Interno CanaloplastyGonioscopy-Assisted Transluminal TrabeculotomyOMNI Glaucoma Treatment System Chapter 11: Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgery: Suprachoroidal Drainage DevicesJing Wang, MDCyPass Micro-StentiStent Suprachoroidal Drainage System (iStent Supra)MINIject Chapter 12: Subconjunctival/Sub-Tenon's ImplantsEunmee Yook, MD and Davinder S. Grover, MD, MPHXen Gel StentPreserFlo MicroShunt Chapter 13: Trabeculectomy: Pearls and PitfallsJonathan S. Myers, MD and Natasha Nayak Kolomeyer, MDInjection of Mitomycin C (Mitomycin Option #1)Scleral Flap ConstructionInsertion and Removal of Mitomycin C-Soaked Pledgets (Mitomycin Option #2)Scleral Flap ResistanceConjunctival ClosurePearls/PitfallsPostoperative Management of TrabeculectomyTrabeculectomy-Related Papers to Familiarize Yourself With Chapter 14: Glaucoma Drainage DevicesSonal Dangda, MS (Ophthal) and Steven J. Gedde, MDIndicationsContraindicationsMechanism of ActionTypes of Glaucoma Drainage DevicesSurgical ProcedureGlaucoma Drainage Device Outcomes Chapter 15: Childhood Glaucoma: Update on Surgical ManagementR. Allan Sharpe, MD and Lauren S. Blieden, MDExamination Under AnesthesiaSurgical ApproachesCyclodestructive Procedures Chapter 16: Landmark Glaucoma TrialsRachel Lee, MD, MPH and Kuldev Singh, MD, MPHOcular Hypertension Study (2002)Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial (1999)Advanced Glaucoma Intervention Study (1994)Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study (1999)Collaborative Normal-Tension Glaucoma Study (1998)Glaucoma Laser Trial (1990)European Glaucoma Prevention Study (2002) Chapter 17: Update on Glaucoma Surgical TrialsEileen C. Bowden, MD and Ruth D. Williams, MDData Analysis of the Ahmed Baerveldt Comparison Study and the Ahmed Versus Baerveldt StudyTube Versus Trabeculectomy Study: Five Years of Follow-UpPrimary Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study: One Year of Follow-UpCOMPASS TrialAb Interno Gelatin Stent in Refractory GlaucomaFinancial Disclosures Index
