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1 online resource (301 pages) |
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PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; Glaucoma and the nerve; The progression of open-angle glaucoma: it isn't what you think; The progression of open-angle glaucoma: it isn't what you think; The clinical impact of new optic nerve imaging techniques; Glaucoma management dilemmas; Ocular hypertension: does treatment work?; Racial differences affecting glaucoma managementDoes glaucoma discriminate?; Clinical controversies: the trials of treating glaucoma progression; Grand Rounds I; The treatment of normal-tension glaucoma; Medical management of glaucoma |
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Clinical controversies: target pressures -- what are they?Glaucoma: where have we been, where are we now, and where shouldwe be going?; Surgical treatment of glaucoma; Surgery: realities, expectations and indications; Grand Rounds II; How to suspect, detect, and treat a person with angle-closureglaucoma; Argon laser trabeculoplasty; Cyclodestructive procedures: are newer approaches better?; Clinical controversies: cataracts and glaucoma; Glaucoma: surgical challenges; Filtering surgery with antimetabolites; Early complications after glaucoma filtering surgery (the 'dirtydozen') |
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Late complications after glaucoma filtering surgeryGlaucoma drainage devices: promise and problems; Grand Rounds III; Medical and surgical management of neovascular and uveiticglaucoma; Clinical controversies: my toughest cases -- what would you do?; Neuro-Ophthalmology; Optic neuritis; The ischemic optic neuropathies: what's new?; Visual loss in Graves' disease; Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Round Table and Question and Answer PeriodUndiagnosable progressive optic neuropathies -- etiology, management and empiric treatment |
| Summary |
For half a century the New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmology has been dedicated to providing an annual in-depth evaluation of an important clinical topic in ophthalmology. These symposia have always been a combination of relevant clinical thought, based on outstanding knowledge, and current research. In 1996 this tradition was continued with the symposium "Peril to the Nerve - Ophthalmology". From the latest discussions in the literature to provocative round tables and clinical controversy presentations, the participants discussed clinically useful topics in these fields. The panelists in the g |
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Print version record |
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Glaucoma -- Congresses
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Neuroophthalmology -- Congresses
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Glaucoma
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Neuroophthalmology
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Calkwood, Jonathan C
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| ISBN |
9789062998302 |
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9062998305 |
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