Chandler and Grant's Glaucoma.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- About the Editors -- Contributing Authors -- In Memoriam -- A Look Back to the Preface to the Fifth Edition -- Preface to the Sixth Edition -- Introduction -- Section I: The Basics -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Anatomy -- Peripapillary Atrophy -- Chapter 3 Practical Aqueous Humor Dynamics -- An Interesting Question -- Testing of New Glaucoma Drugs -- Chapter 4 The Patient's History: Symptoms of Glaucoma -- Steroid-Induced Elevation of Intraocular Pressure -- Chapter 5 Examination of the Eye -- The Rule of 5% -- Chapter 6 Tonometry and Tonography -- Chapter 7 The Angle of the Anterior Chamber -- Gonioscopy During Operation -- Chapter 8 Examination of the Optic Nerve -- Clinical Assessment of the Nerve Fiber Layer -- Chapter 9 Imaging the Optic Nerve Head, Peripapillary, and Macula Regions in Glaucoma -- Chapter 10 Imaging Devices for Angle Assessment -- Chapter 11 Visual Fields and Their Relationship to the Optic Nerve -- Section II: Medications Used in Glaucoma Therapy -- Chapter 12 Adrenergic Agents: Blockers and Agonists -- Evaluating Clinical Trials -- Timolol and Albino Rabbits -- Laboratory Glaucoma Models -- Statistical and Clinical Significance -- Mechanisms of Epinephrine-Induced Cystoid Macular Edema -- Chapter 13 The Miotics -- Acetylcholinesterase -- Drug Therapy Compliance -- Limited Duration of Activity of Phospholine Iodide -- Chapter 14 Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors: Systemic Use -- Chapter 15 Topical Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors -- Chapter 16 Prostaglandin Analogs -- Prostaglandin Analogs and Sustained-Release Drug Delivery Platforms -- Chapter 17 Rho-Associated Protein Kinase Inhibitors and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma -- The Discovery of ROCK Inhibitors as a Treatment for POAG.

Chapter 18 Management of Highly Elevated Intraocular Pressure -- Section III: Common Open-Angle Glaucomas -- Chapter 19 Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma -- Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma and Myopia -- Common Mistakes in Glaucoma Management -- Trabecular Glaucoma Versus Optic Nerve Glaucoma -- Tonography -- Chapter 20 Normal-Tension Glaucoma -- Normal-Tension Glaucoma and the General Ophthalmologist -- Ocular Effects of Calcium-Channel Blockers -- Chapter 21 Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome and Open-Angle Glaucoma -- Tonography in Pseudoexfoliation -- Chapter 22 Pigment Dispersion and Pigmentary Glaucoma -- Tonography -- Section IV: Angle-Closure Glaucomas -- Chapter 23 Principles of Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma -- Iris Retraction Syndrome -- Pseudo-Unilateral Angle Closure -- Chapter 24 Acute Angle-Closure Glaucoma -- Anterior Chamber Deepening With Mechanical Breaking of Peripheral Anterior SynechiaeWith an Iris Spatula (Goniosynechialysis): -- Chapter 25 Subacute (and Chronic) Angle-Closure Glaucoma -- Chapter 26 Angle-Closure Glaucoma: Evaluation and Treatment After Iridotomy -- Chapter 27 Plateau Iris -- Chapter 28 The Use of Special Tests in Narrow-Angled Eyes -- Goniolens Characteristics -- Section V: Secondary Angle-Closure Glaucomas -- Chapter 29 Principles of Secondary Angle-Closure Glaucomas -- Chapter 30 The Malignant Glaucoma Syndromes -- The History of Mydriatic-Cycloplegic Therapy -- The Chandler Operation (1965) -- Chapter 31 Nanophthalmos: Diagnosis and Treatment -- Chapter 32 Neovascular Glaucoma -- Chapter 33 Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndrome -- Chapter 34 Glaucoma After Vitreoretinal Procedures -- Intraocular Gas and Altitude -- Chapter 35 Angle-Closure Glaucoma Due to Multiple Cysts of the Iris and Ciliary Body -- Chapter 36 Angle-Closure Glaucoma Secondary to Occlusion of the Central Retinal Vein.

Chapter 37 Angle-Closure Glaucoma Secondary to Acute Myopia -- Acute Bilateral Transitory Myopia Associated With Open-Angle Glaucoma -- Chapter 38 Glaucoma After Penetrating Keratoplasty -- Section VI: Combined Mechanisms -- Chapter 39 Combined Open-Angle and Angle-Closure Glaucoma -- Chapter 40 Glaucoma in the Pseudophakic and Aphakic Eye -- Glaucoma Surgery in Pseudophakia and Aphakia: A Historical Perspective -- Chapter 41 Characteristically Unilateral Glaucomas: Differential Diagnosis -- Chapter 42 Glaucoma Secondary to Intraocular Tumors -- Section VII: Secondary Open-Angle Glaucomas -- Chapter 43 Glaucoma Due to Intraocular Inflammation -- Chapter 44 Glaucoma Due to Trauma -- Secondary Glaucoma in Black Patients: The Importance of Sickling -- Iris Retraction Syndrome -- Chapter 45 Corticosteroid Glaucoma -- Chapter 46 Hemolytic or Ghost-Cell Glaucoma -- Chapter 47 Glaucoma Associated With Extraocular Venous Congestion -- Aqueous Humor Dynamics -- Chapter 48 Lens-Induced Glaucoma -- Understanding Lens-Induced Glaucomas -- Completely Dislocated Hypermature Cataract and Glaucoma -- Chapter 49 Amyloidosis and Open-Angle Glaucoma -- Chapter 50 Glaucoma in the Phakomatoses -- Chapter 51 Juvenile Open-Angle Glaucoma -- Section VIII: Laser Methods in Glaucoma -- Chapter 52 Glaucoma Laser Surgery -- Chapter 53 Laser Trabeculoplasty -- Chapter 54 Laser Trabeculoplasty: How Does It Work? -- How I Do Laser Trabeculopasty -- Chapter 55 Post-Laser Elevation of Intraocular Pressure -- Chapter 56 Laser Peripheral Iridotomy -- The Choice of Iridotomy Lens -- Technique of Laser Iridotomy -- One Technique for Laser Peripheral Iridotomy -- Which Laser Should I Use? -- Chapter 57 Cyclodestruction -- Chapter 58 Laser Peripheral Iridoplasty -- Practical Considerations for Argon Laser Peripheral Iridoplasty -- Personal Technique -- Section IX: Glaucoma Surgery.

Chapter 59 What to Say to Patients With Glaucoma Prior to Filtration Surgery -- Chapter 60 Filtering Surgery in the Management of Glaucoma -- Antiproliferative Therapy for Filtration Surgery -- Externalized Releasable Sutures in Filtering Surgery -- How to Handle Mitomycin C -- Chapter 61 Postoperative Management Following Filtration Surgery -- Performing a Choroidal Tap -- Treatment of Hypotonous Maculopathy -- Chapter 62 The Management of Coexisting Cataract and Advanced Glaucoma -- The Management of Coexisting Cataract and Mild to Moderate Glaucoma -- Chapter 63 Aqueous Shunting Procedures -- Chapter 64 Cyclodialysis -- Mystery Diagnosis -- Chapter 65 Surgical Peripheral Iridectomy -- Chapter 66 Schlemm's Canal Surgery for Glaucoma Management -- Goniotomy for Treatment of Glaucoma in Adults -- Chapter 67 Suprachoroidal Approach to Glaucoma Surgery -- Chapter 68 Treatment of Occludable Angles and Angle Closure With Cataract Extraction -- Section X: Diagnosis and Treatment of Glaucoma in Children -- Chapter 69 Pediatric Glaucoma -- Chapter 70 Unusual Pediatric Glaucomas -- Section XI: Special Considerations -- Chapter 71 The Role of the Cornea in Managing Glaucoma -- Chapter 72 Twenty-Four-Hour Intraocular Pressure Monitoring in Glaucoma -- Chapter 73 The Role of Ocular Perfusion Pressure in the Pathogenesis of Glaucoma -- Topical Medications and Ocular Perfusion Pressure -- Chapter 74 Glaucoma and Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure -- Chapter 75 Neuroprotection in Glaucoma -- Chapter 76 Adherence to Glaucoma Medical Therapy -- What Do We Actually Do to Ensure Adherence? -- Chapter 77 The FDA's Role in the Regulation of New Diagnostic and Surgical Devices -- Financial Disclosures -- Index.

Chandler and Grant's Glaucoma--one of the field's seminal texts on the medical practice and surgical management of glaucoma, now in its Sixth Edition--includes the latest updates in an area that is currently experiencing a surge of innovation.

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