By R. Rand Allingham,Karim F. Damji MD MBA,Sharon F. Freedman MD,Sayoko E. Moroi MD PhD,Douglas J. Rhee MD,M. Bruce Shields MD
This variation has 5 new or reconfigured chapters—management of the glaucoma patient/approach to the sufferer; ideas of clinical treatment; adrenergic agonists and antagonists; cholinergic stimulators and hyperosmotic brokers; and neuroprotection and different investigational medicinal drugs. The ebook examines new applied sciences for intraocular strain evaluation and present diagnostic applied sciences resembling optical coherence tomography, spectral area optical coherence tomography, Heidelberg retinal tomograph, and GDx. famous specialists aspect advances in surgical procedure of glaucoma together with new glaucoma implants and perspective surgical procedure. insurance additionally contains advances in genetics of glaucomatous diseases.