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Titolo |
Glaucoma in the new millennium [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of the 50th Annual Symposium on Glaucoma, New Orleans, LA, USA, April 6-8, 2001, organized by the New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmology / / edited by Jonathan D. Nussdorf |
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The Hauge, The Netherlands, : Kugler Publications, 2003 |
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1-280-73916-9 |
9786610739165 |
90-6299-790-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (312 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Glaucoma |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Contributors; Defining Glaucoma; An approach to glaucoma pathogenesis; How do we kill the idea of low-tension glaucoma?; How much glaucoma damage is pressure-dependent?; Ocular blood flow and glaucoma; Microvascular changes of the human anterior optic nerve in glaucoma; Neuroprotection and glaucoma. How do I tell if a drug is neuroprotective?; The Angle; The true nature of angle-closure glaucoma; Gonioscopy in the laser age; Round table: How I make the decision to do a peripheral iridotomy: my laser, lens and settings |
Round table: How I make the decision to do ALT: my laser, lens and settingsThe Optic Nerve Head; Evaluation of optic disc and nerve fiber layer in glaucoma. Clinical techniques; Round table: How I follow the optic nerve head and nerve fiber layer: my step by step approach; Workshop: Imaging the optic nerve head and nerve fiber layer in glaucoma; Round table: My most confusing optic nerve head; Psychophysics; Update on psychophysical tests for glaucoma; The variability of perimetry. Reassessing an important clinical tool; Round |
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table: Visual field; Update on perimetry. New developments |
Questions directed to Chris Johnson in his absenceTreatment Issues, Problems & Repairs; Using combination drugs in glaucoma management; The use of topical anesthesia for a combined cataract and glaucoma procedure; Update on antimetabolic use; Plumbing pearls. An effective method for reversing hypotony maculopathy and how to save failing filtering blebs at the slit lamp; Round table: My procedure and antimetabolite dose of choice for a primary trabeculectomy; Round table: Refractive surgery: thin corneas, inaccurate intraocular pressures, and the myopic disc at risk; Duke-Elder lectures |
Lecture 1: Maintenance and pathophysiology of intraocular pressureLecture 2: Natural history of simple open-angle glaucoma; Lecture 3: Natural history of congestive narrow-angle glaucoma; Appendix 1 - Glaucoma Symposiums of the New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmology; Appendix 2 - Sponsors |
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