In 1982 a book authored by one Milton Bruce Shields and entitled A Study Guide for Glaucoma made its debut. It was readily embraced for its breadth of knowledge combined with a clear and concise writing style. Succeeding editions, entitled the now familiar Textbook of Glaucoma, have solidified the position of this remarkable resource for students of glaucoma at all levels of training.
Thoroughly updated, and now in full color, Shields' Textbook of Glaucoma, Sixth Edition is a clinically focused and practical textbook for general ophthalmologists treating patients with glaucoma. This classic text offers a rational approach to the medical and surgical management of glaucoma and presents a total care plan for the patient.
This edition has five new or reconfigured chapters—management of the glaucoma patient/approach to the patient; principles of medical therapy; adrenergic agonists and antagonists; cholinergic stimulators and hyperosmotic agents; and neuroprotection and other investigational drugs. The book examines new technologies for intraocular pressure assessment and current diagnostic technologies such as optical coherence tomography, spectral domain optical coherence tomography, Heidelberg retinal tomograph, and GDx. Noted experts detail advances in surgical treatment of glaucoma including new glaucoma implants and angle surgery. Coverage also includes advances in genetics of glaucomatous diseases.
A companion website includes the fully searchable text and an image bank.
New to this edition
Thoroughly updated, and now in full color, Shields' Textbook of Glaucoma, Sixth Edition is a clinically focused and practical textbook for general ophthalmologists treating patients with glaucoma. This classic text offers a rational approach to the medical and surgical management of glaucoma and presents a total care plan for the patient.
This edition has five new or reconfigured chapters—management of the glaucoma patient/approach to the patient; principles of medical therapy; adrenergic agonists and antagonists; cholinergic stimulators and hyperosmotic agents; and neuroprotection and other investigational drugs. The book examines new technologies for intraocular pressure assessment and current diagnostic technologies such as optical coherence tomography, spectral domain optical coherence tomography, Heidelberg retinal tomograph, and GDx. Noted experts detail advances in surgical treatment of glaucoma including new glaucoma implants and angle surgery. Coverage also includes advances in genetics of glaucomatous diseases.
A companion website includes the fully searchable text and an image bank.
New to this edition
- NEW: Five new or combined / reconfigured chapters: management of glaucoma patient/approach to patient; principles of medical therapy for glaucoma; adrenergic agonists and antagonists; cholinergic stimulators and hyperosmotic agents; neuroprotection and other investigational drugs.
- NEW: Reviews changes in diagnostic technologies: optical coherence tomography (OCT), spectral domain optical coherence tomography (sdOCT), Heidelberg retinal tomograph (HRT), and GDx.
- NEW: Covers new technologies for intraocular pressure assessment.
- NEW: Details advances in surgical treatment of glaucoma including new glaucoma implants and angle surgery.
- NEW: Includes advances in genetics of glaucomatous diseases.
- NEW: Over 150 new full-color illustrations (total of over 200) spread through the book.
- Introduction: An Overview of Glaucoma
Part I: THE BASIC ASPECTS OF GLAUCOMA
- 1: Cellular and Molecular Biology
- 2: Tonometry and Techniques for Assessing Intraocular Pressure
- 3: Other Techniques for Assessing the Anterior Segment and Gonioscopy
- 4: Optic Nerve, Retina, and Choroid
- 5: Assessment of Visual Fields
- 6: Assessment of Visual Function
Part II: THE CLINICAL FORMS OF GLAUCOMA
- 7: Classification of the Glaucomas
- 8: Molecular Genetics
- 9: Epidemiology and Public Health, Including Screening and Risk Assessment
- 10: The Glaucoma Suspect
- 11: Open-Angle Glaucomas
- 12: Pupillary-Block Glaucomas
- 13: Congenital Glaucoma
- 14: Developmental Glaucomas with Associated Anomalies
- 15: Exfoliation Syndrome
- 16: Glaucomas Associated with Disorders of Corneal Endothelium
- 17 Pigmentary and Other Glaucomas Associated with Disorder of the Iris and Ciliary Body
- 18: Glaucomas Associated with Disorders of the Lens
- 19: Glaucomas Associated with Disorders of the Retina, Vitreous, and Choroid
- 20: Glaucomas Associated with Elevated Episcleral Venous Pressure
- 21: Glaucomas Associated with Intraocular Tumors
- 22: Glaucomas Associated with Ocular Inflammation
- 23: Steroid-Induced Glaucoma
- 24: Glaucomas Associated with Intraocular Hemorrhages
- 25: Glaucomas Associated with Ocular Trauma
- 26: Glaucomas After Ocular Surgery
Part III. MANAGEMENT OF GLAUCOMA
- 27: Management of Patients with Glaucoma: Approaches to Treatment
- 28: Adrenergic Antagonists and Adrenergic Stimulators
- 29: Prostaglandins and Hypotensive Lipids
- 30: Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors
- 31: Cholinergic Stimulators and Hyperosmotic Agents
- 32: Neuroprotection and Other Investigational Drugs
- 33: Anatomic Principles of Glaucoma Surgery
- 34: Principles of Laser Surgery for Glaucoma
- 35: Surgery of the Anterior Chamber Angle and Iris
- 36: Principles of Incisional Surgery
- 37: Filtering Surgery
- 38: Glaucoma Drainage Device Surgery
- 39: Surgical Management of Pediatric Glaucomas
- 40: Cyclodestructive Surgery
- 41: Surgical Approaches for Coexisting Glaucoma and Cataract
Product Details
- Hardcover: 656 pages
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; Sixth edition (November 1, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0781795850
- ISBN-13: 978-0781795852