Glaucoma diagnosis structure and function : reports and consensus statements of the 1st Global AIGS Meeting on 'Structure and Function in the Management of Glaucoma' / Robert N. Weinreb and Erik L. Greve, editors
Preface; The Value of Guidelines and Consensus and the Reality of Clinical Practice; Levels of Evidence of Diagnostic Studies; Histopathology Underlying Glaucomatous Damage -- I; Histopathology Underlying Glaucomatous Damage -- II; Comment on the Histopathology of Glaucoma; Histopathology Underlying Glaucomatous Damage -- III; Optic Disc Photographs; Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer (RNFL) Photography; Scanning Laser Tomography (HRT); Scanning Laser Polarimetry (SLP); Optical Cohererence Tomography (OCT); Standard Automated Perimetry (SAP); Comment on Standard Automated Perimetry -- I
Summary
To the best of our knowledge, the 1st Global AIGS Consensus Meeting on "Structure and Function in the Management of Glaucoma" was also the first global consensus meeting in ophthalmology. The goal was to reach an evidence-based consensus for both clinical practice and research through the use of information obtained from peer-reviewed literature describing functional and structural diagnostic testing in glaucoma. The faculty and review group consisted of leading global authorities on glaucoma diagnostic testing. The preparation for the Consensus was unique in its format (see page xii). Reports
