Gonioscopy

• Main Authors: Faschinger, Christoph (Author), Hommer, Anton (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Ophthalmology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Only a careful diagnosis of glaucoma will lead to appropriate therapy. In this context, gonioscopy is a very important differential diagnostic tool that permits assessment of the anterior chamber angle and classification of glaucoma as a basis for specific treatment. This book clearly explains how t...

Table of Contents:

• History of gonioscopy
• How to perform gonioscopy
• Anatomical structures of the chamber angle
• Grading systems of the chamber angle width
• Development of the chamber angle and developmental disorders
• The chamber angle in primary open-angle glaucomas
• The chamber angle in primary angle-closure glaucomas
• The chamber angle in secondary open-angle glaucomas
• The chamber angle in secondary angle-closure glaucomas
• Laser in the chamber angle
• Operations in the chamber angle
• Influence of medications to the chamber angle
• Alternatives to gonioscopy. .