Congenital glaucoma is a complex problem, which has been a frequent cause of blindness in the past. Over the past decades, the prognosis of congenital glaucoma has completely changed. Surgical results are very good and enable these children to integrate entirely as adults in society.Based on the author’s accumulated experience of more than 50 years and 860 cases operated for congenital glaucoma, this well-structured and lavishly illustrated textbook-atlas covers all aspects of congenital and infantile glaucoma, such as the original method for examining new-borns under general anaesthesia in the slit-lamp, the signs and symptoms of the disease and the differential diagnosis, the role and importance of the echometry value for early diagnosis, the gonioscopy results and the three types of congenital glaucomas (pure, refractory and late) and the type of surgery to be performed in each case with the evaluation of follow-up long-term results. Comprehensive coverage of the field of pediatric and congenital glaucoma with valuable hints on the type of surgery to be performed in each case, plus evaluation of long-term results Written by renowned authors of the field and based on decades of the author's experience INDICE: From the contents Primary Congenital Glaucoma.- Pediatric Glaucomas. Classification.- Clinical Features.- Examination of the Newborn under General Anesthesia.- Normal Intraocular Pressure in Children from Birth to five Years of age.- Ocular Echometry in the Diagnosis of Congenital Glaucoma.- Genetics in Congenital Glaucoma.- Ocular Embryology with Special Reference to ChamberAngle Development.- Normal Chamber Angle in the Adult: The Anatomy of the Chamber Angle.- Normal Chamber Angle in the Adult: Examination of the Chamber Angle.- Normal Chamber Angle in the Adult: Gonioscopic Images.- Normal Chamber Angle in Newborns and Children.- Pathological Chamber Angle in Congenital Glaucoma and its Implication in the Surgical Indication.- Clinical History.- Surgeryfor Congenital Glaucoma (Goniotomy, Trabeculotomy, Combined Surgery -Trabeculotomy and Trabeculectomy for Refractary Congenital Glaucoma- , Valves).- Results of Surgery for Congenital Glaucoma.
- ISBN: 978-3-540-69144-0
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 600
- Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés