GLAUCOMA
Section Editor: Alan S. Crandall, MD
Introduction to Glaucoma: Terminology, Epidemiology, and Heredity
- General/Overview
- Definitions
- Classification
- Epidemiologic Aspects of Glaucoma
- Genetics, Environmental Factors, and Glaucoma
Intraocular Pressure and Aqueous Humor Dynamics
- General/Overview
- Aqueous Humor Formation
- Aqueous Humor Outflow
- Episcleral Venous Pressure
- Intraocular Pressure
- Ocular Vascular Perfusion
Clinical Evaluation
- History and General Examination
- Gonioscopy
- The Optic Nerve
- Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy
- The Visual Field
- Other Tests
Open-Angle Glaucoma
- General/Overview
- Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
- Open-Angle Glaucoma Without Elevated lOP (Normal-Tension Glaucoma, Low-Tension Glaucoma)
- The Glaucoma Suspect
- Ocular Hypertension
- Secondary Open-Angle Glaucoma
Angle-Closure Glaucoma
- Introduction
- Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Angle Closure
- Primary Angle Closure
- Plateau Iris
- Secondary Angle Closure With Pupillary Block
- Secondary Angle Closure Without Pupillary Block
- Neovascular Glaucoma
- Neovascularization of the Iris
Childhood Glaucoma
- Classification
- Genetics
- Primary Congenital Glaucoma
- Juvenile Open-Angle Glaucoma
- Developmental Glaucomas of Childhood With Associated Ocular or Systemic Anomalies
- Secondary Glaucomas
- Evaluating the Pediatric Glaucoma Patient
- Treatment Overview
- Prognosis and Follow-Up
Medical Management of Glaucoma
- General/Overview
- Medical Agents
- General Approach to Medical Treatment
Surgical Therapy for Glaucoma
- General/Overview
- Surgery for Open-Angle Glaucoma
- Surgery for Angle-Closure Glaucoma
- Other Procedures to Lower LOP
- Special Considerations in the Surgical Management of Elderly Patients
- Complications of Filtering Surgery
