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THE PEDIATRIC GLAUCOMAS
The Pediatric Glaucomas
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By
Anil Mandal, MD, Director, Jasti Ramanamma Children's Eye Care Centre, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
Peter Netland, MD, PhD, Siegal Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of Glaucoma Service, Hamilton Eye Institute, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, TN

Description
Complete with surgical drawings and color photographs, PEDIATRIC GLAUCOMA provides background information for glaucoma including epidemiology, pathology and the new classification system. Medical management is described as well as surgical management including the use of drainage implants and laser cyclodestructive procedures.

Audience
Ophthalmologists, Pediatric Ophthalmologists, Glaucoma Specialists

Contents
1. Historical Perspective of Developmental Glaucomas

2. Terminology and Classification of Developmental Glaucomas

3. Embryologic Basis of Developmental Glaucomas

4. Epidemiology and Genetics of Developmental Glaucomas

5. Pathology and Pathogenesis of Developmental Glaucomas

6. Primary Congenital Glaucoma

7. Secondary Congenital Glaucoma

8. Overview of the Management of Developmental Glaucomas

9. Medical Therapy of Pediatric Glaucoma

10. Initial Surgical Treatment of Congenital Glaucoma

11. Simultaneous Surgery for Bilateral Congenital Glaucoma

12. Management of Refractory Pediatric Glaucoma

13. Penetrating Keratoplasty in Children with Developmental Glaucomas

14. Glaucomas in Aphakia and Pseudophakia after Congenital Cataract Surgery

15. Management of Residual Vision in Pediatric Glaucoma

Index


Bibliographic details
Paperback, 132 pages, publication date: SEP-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-7336-5
ISBN-10: 0-7506-7336-2
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN


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