Glaucoma Volume 1: Medical Diagnosis and Therapy

Product Description Recent dramatic advances in diagnosis, as well as medical treatment, mean that you can offer your glaucoma patients more timely and effective interventions. Volume One in this brand-new clinical reference focuses on the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of glaucoma treatment, and the latest imaging techniques such as ultrasound biomicroscopy and optical coherence tomography as well as new compounds, combinations, and classes of drugs. You’ll get the comprehensive, expert guidance you need to make optimal use of these new approaches…online and in print!Presents world-class expertise through advice from leading specialists across six continents. Covers hot topics such as ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM), anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT), the various types of glaucoma, alpha agonists, and more. Highlights nuances of glaucoma presentation in 600 high-quality images and photographs that help you visualize key diagnostic findings and operative procedures. Features an entire section devoted to new horizons, including the latest in stem cell research, gene transfer, and implants. Allows quick reference thanks to a well-organized, user-friendly full-color layout. Provides access to the contents of the book online, fully searchable for rapid consultation from any place with an Internet connection.Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should online access to the web site be discontinued. Review "Tarek Shaarawy, Mark Sherwood, Roger Hitchings, and Jonathan Crowston have coedited a masterful new 2-volume text on the diagnosis and therapy of glaucoma… Both the ophthalmologist-in-training and the ophthalmologist faced with glaucoma decision making on a regular basis could probably not do better than consulting―if not beginning with―this text for a thorough evaluation." -- JAMA, January 12, 2011―Vol 305, No. 2 Review A new, definitive source on surgical glaucoma management