The Glaucomas Volume II - Open Angle Glaucoma and Angle Closure Glaucoma /

• Main Authors: Sampaolesi, Roberto (Author), Sampaolesi, Juan Roberto (Author), Zárate, Jorge (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Ophthalmology.; Medicine & Public Health.

This second volume in a short series on the glaucomas is devoted to the two main types of the disease, open angle glaucoma and angle closure glaucoma. The contents are based on observations and experience gained during the management of more than 40,000 hospital and 7,000 private patients, with foll...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Normal Structure and Function
• Intraocular Pressure
• Chamber Angle
• Optic Nerve
• Conventional and Non Conventional Visual Field
• Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
• Medical and Laser Treatment
• Surgical Treatment
• Angle Closure Glaucoma
• Glaucoma and Cataract
• Cataract and Myopia
• Apoptosis.