Glaucoma

V.I. Section 1: Glaucoma in the world. Prevalence and Geographic Variations -- Screening for glaucoma -- Economics of glaucoma care -- Glaucoma care in different societies -- Section 2: Pathogenesis. Aqueous humor outflow pathways -- Aqueous humor dynamics and intraocular pressure elevation -- Pathogenesis of glaucomatous optic neuropathy -- Mechanical strain and restructuring of the optic nerve head -- Role of vascular blood flow in the pathogenesis of glaucoma -- Section 3: Evaluation of glaucoma. Tonometry and intraocular pressure fluctuation -- Visual fields -- Long term follow-up visual fields -- Function specific perimetry -- Electrophysiology in glaucoma assessment -- Gonioscopy -- Ultrasound biomicroscopy -- Angle imaging: ultrasound biomicroscopy and anterior segment optical coherence tomography -- The impact of central corneal thickness and corneal biomechanics on tonometry -- Optic disc photography in the diagnosis of glaucoma -- Optic disc imaging -- Retinal nerve fiber layer photography and computer analysis -- Structure and function relationships in glaucoma -- Measuring glaucoma progression in clinical practice -- Techniques used for evaluation of ocular blood flow -- Genetics of glaucoma -- Genetic epidemiology -- Section 4: Types of glaucoma. Definitions: what is glaucoma worldwide? -- Ocular hypertension -- Primary open-angle glaucoma -- Primary angle-closure glaucoma -- Exfoliation syndrome and exfoliative glaucoma -- Iridotomy for pigmentary glaucoma -- Normal tension glaucoma -- Childhood glaucomas -- Secondary angle-closure glaucoma -- Uveitic glaucoma -- Neovascular glaucoma -- Other secondary glaucomas -- Post-traumatic glaucomas -- Glaucoma and intraocular tumors -- Glaucoma in the phakomatoses and related conditions -- Section 5: Principles of management. Overview of management of ocular hypertension and primary open-angle glaucoma -- Management of normal tension glaucoma -- An overview of angle-closure management -- Target intraocular pressure -- Quality of life -- Medical management of glaucoma: cost-effectiveness -- Optimizing quality of life: low-vision rehabilitation in glaucoma -- Ocular hypotensive medications: adherence and persistence -- Outcomes -- Benefit versus risk -- Section 6: Medical therapy. Prostagladin analogues -- Beta-blockers -- Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors -- Alpha agonists -- Parasympathomimetics -- Fixed combination therapies in glaucoma -- Ocular surface disease and role preservatives free drops -- Section 7: Emergency care management. Acute intraocular pressure rise -- Glaucoma secondary to trauma -- Section 8: New horizons. Neuroprotection and neuroregeneration -- Interpreting clinical studies on glaucoma neuroprotection -- Stem cells: a future glaucoma therapy -- Gene therapy in glaucoma -- Ultrastructural imaging --;V. II. Section 9: Introduction. Economics of surgery worldwide: developed countries -- When to perform glaucoma surgery -- Economics of surgery worldwide: developing countries -- Lowering intraocular pressure: surgery versus medications -- The trabecular meshwork outflow pathways: surgical aspects -- Section 10: Laser therapy. Selective laser trabeculoplasty -- Peripheral iridotomy for angle-closure glaucoma -- Laser peripheral iridoplasty -- Section 11: Trabeculectomy. Preoperative evaluation and diagnostic approach -- Preoperative conjunctival health and trabeculectomy outcome -- Ophthalmic anesthesia -- Trabeculectomy -- Wound healing and bleb evaluation after trabeculectomy -- Intraoperative complications of trabeculectomy -- Early postoperative increase in intraocular pressure -- Postoperative shallow anterior chamber -- Choroidal effusion -- Trabeculectomy related corneal complications -- Aqueous misdirection -- Late failure of filtering bleb -- Late bleb leaks -- Blebitis and endophthalmitis -- Late hypotony -- Cataract following trabeculectomy -- Section 12: Modulation of wound healing. Risk factors for excess wound healing -- Choice of antifibrosis therapies -- Technique -- Complications associated with modulation of wound healing in glaucoma surgery -- Biological drivers of postoperative scarring -- Future strategies -- Section 13: Non-penetrating glaucoma surgery. Principle and mechanism of function -- Deep sclerectomy -- Viscocanalostomy -- Complications of nonpenetrating glaucoma surgery -- Postoperative management of nonpenetrating glaucoma surgery -- Results of NPGs -- Section 14: Management of co-existing cataract and glaucoma. Cataract surgery in open angle glaucoma -- Cataract surgery closed angle design -- Cataract surgery in patients with functioning filtering blebs -- One-site combined surgery/two-site combined surgery -- Combined cataract extraction and glaucoma drainage implant surgery -- Combined cataract and non-penetrating glaucoma surgery -- Goniosynechialysis -- Section 15: Drainage devices. Preoperative evaluation of patients undergoing drainage implant surgery -- Aqueous shunts: choice of implant -- Surgical technique (Molteno glaucoma implant) -- Surgical technique (Baerveldt glaucoma implant) -- Surgical technique (Ahmed glaucoma valve drainage implant) -- Other glaucoma implants -- Intraoperative complications -- Postoperative complications -- Glaucoma implants: results -- Aqueous shunts after retinal surgery -- Aqueous shunts and keratoplasty -- Section 16: Surgery for congenital glaucoma -- Goniotomy and trabeculotomy -- Further surgical options in children -- Section 17: Cyclodestructive procedures. Cyclodestructive techniques -- Endophotocoagulation -- Complications of cyclodestructive procedures -- Section 18: devices in development and new procedures. trabectome -- The Ex-PRESS miniature glaucoma implant -- Canaloplasty -- Devices in development and new procedures.

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