The Pediatric Glaucomas
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann | ISBN: 0750673362 | edition 2005 | PDF | 136 pages | 9,8 mb

Here is a comprehensive and up-to-date source on the origins, diagnosis, and management of glaucomas in children. The authors balance evidence-based management guidelines with perspectives from their abundant direct clinical experience. Coverage includes the most recent advances in genetics, medical therapy, and surgical treatment…long-term management…treatment of intractable glaucomas…and other timely topics. * Explores the newest knowledge about epidemiology and genetics • medical therapies • surgical management • management of refractory glaucoma • long-term management • penetrating keratoplasty or aphakia/ pseudophakia in children with glaucoma • and much more. * Combines evidence-based recommendations with the authors' expert observations and opinions. * Reviews important historical developments in pediatric glaucoma treatment. * Reflects the most recent terminology and classifications in the field. * Uses full-color clinical photographs and line drawings to illustrate important visual concepts. * Offers comprehensive references, as well as tables and figures that summarize information from the literature at a glance.