Textbook of Glaucoma
M.Bruce Shields(Author)
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 1. December 1991
Book
Hardback
665 pages
978-0-683-07695-0 (ISBN)
Description
The "Textbook of Glaucoma" is now in its third edition and has been updated to take account of developments in the field. A new section of colour illustrations has been added, and the bibliography updates the literature with more than 1000 new journal article references. Expanded coverage is now given in the chapters covering subjects such as the optic nerve head with the mechanism of glaucomatous optic atrophy and clinical regognition of disc and nerve fibre layer change, including computerized image analysis; visual fields with automated perimetry; and laser and incision surgery. The expanding role of laser surgery in treating glaucoma is covered, combining various laser and incisional techniques under common chapter titles. Detailed descriptions of laser trabeculoplasty, trabeculectomy, laser iridotomy, cyclodestructive procedures and many other laser and incisional operations are given.
The "Textbook of Glaucoma" is now in its third edition and has been updated to take account of developments in the field. A new section of colour illustrations has been added, and the bibliography updates the literature with more than 1000 new journal article references. Expanded coverage is now given in the chapters covering subjects such as the optic nerve head with the mechanism of glaucomatous optic atrophy and clinical regognition of disc and nerve fibre layer change, including computerized image analysis; visual fields with automated perimetry; and laser and incision surgery. The expanding role of laser surgery in treating glaucoma is covered, combining various laser and incisional techniques under common chapter titles. Detailed descriptions of laser trabeculoplasty, trabeculectomy, laser iridotomy, cyclodestructive procedures and many other laser and incisional operations are given.
The "Textbook of Glaucoma" is now in its third edition and has been updated to take account of developments in the field. A new section of colour illustrations has been added, and the bibliography updates the literature with more than 1000 new journal article references. Expanded coverage is now given in the chapters covering subjects such as the optic nerve head with the mechanism of glaucomatous optic atrophy and clinical regognition of disc and nerve fibre layer change, including computerized image analysis; visual fields with automated perimetry; and laser and incision surgery. The expanding role of laser surgery in treating glaucoma is covered, combining various laser and incisional techniques under common chapter titles. Detailed descriptions of laser trabeculoplasty, trabeculectomy, laser iridotomy, cyclodestructive procedures and many other laser and incisional operations are given.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
265 illustrations, bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Weight
1750 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-683-07695-0 (9780683076950)
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M.Bruce Shields
Textbook of Glaucoma
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01/1987
2nd Edition
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