Glaucoma Surgery illustrates a wide range of procedures for the treatment of glaucoma and the management of surgical complications-providing clear recommendations from seasoned experts in the field

Features:

• Step-by-step direction on modern surgical techniques including standard and modified trabeculectomy, glaucoma Seton insertion, and non-penetrating surgery
• Detailed coverage of methods to manage surgical complications-including chapters on suture lysis, the failing bleb, malignant glaucoma, choroidal hemorrhage, blebitis, and glaucoma implants
• Reader-friendly explanations suitable for both the budding and experienced glaucoma surgeon audience

Contents

• Surgical Techniques
• Indications and Outcomes of Filtration Surgery
• Surgical Anatomy
• Modern Anesthetic Techniques
• Modern Anti-Fibroblastic Therapy
• How to do a Trabeculectomy
• How to do Non-penetrating Surgery
• How to insert a Seton
• Seton Surgery: Management and Complications
• How to Insert a Pars Plana Seton
• How to do Full Thickness Surgery/Subscleral Scheie
• How to do a Surgical Peripheral Iridectomy
• How to do Combined Cataract/Trabeculectomy
• The UBM in Glaucoma Surgery. Management of Complications
• Overview: How to Think about and Manage Complications
• Massage: Techniques and Complications
• Suture Lysis: Techniques and Complications
• Releasable/Adjustable Sutures
• The Failing Bleb: Risk Factors and Diagnosis
• Encapsulated Bleb: Diagnosis and Management
• The Flat Bleb: Flap Needling and Management
• Suprachoroidal Hemorrhage: Diagnosis and Management
• Malignant Glaucoma: Diagnosis and Management
• Management of the Leaking Bleb
• Management of Large Over Filtering and Corneal Blebs
• Flat Chamber with Choroidal Effusion: Diagnosis and Management
• Prevention and Management of Hypotonous Maculopathy
• Blebiis and Endophthalmitis: Diagnosis and Management Post-Trabeculectomy

Index

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