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Classic papers in glaucoma /

At the beginning of the 20th century, our knowledge about glaucoma was truly rudimentary. Since then, it has grown to become a field of its own and, in the past decade, our concepts about its pathogenesis and potential avenues of future therapy have taken a quantum leap forward. It was not until the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ritch, Robert, Caronia, Ronald M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: The Hague : Kugler, ©2000.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Table of contents; Introduction; Iridectomy in Glaucoma
  • The Glaucomatous Process; A New Tonometer
  • Tonometry; A Preliminary Note on a New Operative Procedure for the Establishment of a Filtering Cicatrix in the Treatment of Glaucoma; A New Operation for Glaucoma Involving a New Principle in the Aetiology and Treatment of Chronic Primary Glaucoma; A New Operation for Chronic Glaucoma. Restoration of Physiological Function by Opening Schlemm's Canal under Direct Magnified Vision; The Aqueous Veins. I. Physiologic Importance of the Visible Elimination of Intraocular Fluid
  • The Formation of the Intraocular Fluid. Proctor Award Lecture of the Association for Research in OphthalmologyTonographic Method for Measuring the Facility and Rate of Aqueous Flow in Human Eyes; Malignant Glaucoma; Decrease in Intraocular Pressure in Man by a Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor, Diamox. A Preliminary Report; Cortisone and Ocular Tension; The Role of Vitreous Detachment in Aphakic and Malignant Glaucoma; Recent Advances and Future Prospects in the Medical Treatment of Ocular Hypertension; Applanation Tonometry; Retraction of Scleral Wound Edges. A Fistulizing Procedure for Glaucoma
  • The Pathogenesis of Congenital Glaucoma. A New TheoryThe Exit Pathway of the Aqueous. Doyne Memorial Lecture; A Mathematical Formulation of Intraocular Pressure as Dependent on Secretion, Ultrafiltration, Bulk Outflow, and Osmotic Reabsorption of Fluid; New Methods of Measuring the Rate of Aqueous Flow in Man with Fluorescein; Trabeculectomy. Preliminary Report of a New Method; The Cup/Disc Ratio. The Findings of Tonometry and Tonography in the Normal Eye; Sector Haemorrhage
  • A Probable Acute Ischaemic Disc Change in Chronic Simple Glaucoma
  • The Normal Development of the Human Anterior Chamber Angle. A New System of Descriptive GradingFundoscopy of Nerve Fiber Layer Defects in Glaucoma; Effect of Intraocular Pressure on Rapid Axoplasmic Transport in Monkey Optic Nerve; Blood Circulation and Fluid Dynamics in the Eye; Automatic Perimetry in Glaucoma Visual Field Screening. A Clinical Study; Valve Implants in Filtering Surgery; Argon Laser Iridotomy. An Experimental and Clinical Study; Some Aspects of the Automation of Perimetry; A b-Adrenergic Blocking Agent for the Treatment of Glaucoma
  • The Mechanism of Timolol in Lowering Intraocular Pressure. In the Normal EyePigmentary Dispersion and Glaucoma. A New Theory; Argon Laser Therapy for Open-Angle Glaucoma. A Pilot Study; Optic Nerve Damage in Human Glaucoma. III. Quantitative Correlation of Nerve Fiber Loss and Visual Field Defect in Glaucoma, Ischemic Neuropathy, Papilledema, and Toxic Neuropathy; Argon Laser Treatment for Medically Unresponsive Attacks of Angle-Closure Glaucoma; Enhanced Intraocular Pressure Controlling Effectiveness of Trabeculectomy by Local Application of Mitomycin C