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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454590703321

Titolo

Eye on the bayou [[electronic resource] ] : new concepts in glaucoma, cataract and neuro-ophthalmology : proceedings of the 54th Annual Symposium of the New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmology, New Orleans, LA, USA, February 18-20, 2005 / / edited by Jonathan D. Nussdorf

Pubbl/distr/stampa

The Hauge, : Kugler Publications, 2006

ISBN

1-280-73920-7

9786610739202

90-6299-770-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NussdorfJonathan D

Disciplina

600

Soggetti

Glaucoma

Anterior segment (Eye)

Optic nerve - Diseases

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; President's letter; Contributors; Neuro-Ophthalmology; Ten easy mistakes to avoid in your next neuro-ophthalmic patient; Life-threatening diplopia with pupil involvement; Optic neuritis: What's hot and what's not...; What to tell your next patient with non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) ... other than "nothing can be done"; MRI and CT: Which is which, why to order, and when; Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) in neuro-ophthalmology; Round Table The pale nerve; Questions and Answers; Glaucoma; Risk factors for open-angle glaucoma

Does either sex or ethnicity matter in glaucoma?Low tension glaucoma: A bad concept that just won't die. So how do you deal with it?; Neuroprotection strategies from the research lab ('cause there; The myth of the glaucoma continuum; Landmark clinical trials in glaucoma: Questions and answers; Practical implications of the Collaborative Normal Tension; What have we learned from the Ocular Hypertension



Treatment Study thus far?; Round Table Critiquing the clinical trials; Psychophysics

Update on short wavelength automated perimetry (SWAP) and frequency doubling technology (FDT) in glaucoma and neuroophthalmologic disorders*Questions and Answers; New developments in perimetry, including SITA, ZEST and; Evaluation of visual field loss in glaucoma: Progression and; Round Table Detecting and monitoring progression; Anterior Segment Surgery; Toxic anterior segment syndrome; Questions and Answers; Laser trabeculoplasty - background, mechanisms, clinical; How to stay out of trouble managing trabeculectomies

Simple strategies to improve the safety of trabeculectomy: The Moorfields Safer Surgery SystemRound Table Building a better drainage system - perfecting the trabeculectomy; Questions and Answers; Questions and Answers; Slit lamp procedures in postoperative glaucoma management; Round Table Surgical choices: Trabs, tubes and Betadine; Index of authors