This comprehensive guide thoroughly covers the characteristics and presentations of childhood glaucoma, as well as all surgical options for treatment. Surgical Management of Childhood Glaucoma: Clinical Considerations and Techniques addresses a variety of surgical methods, ranging from angle surgery with recent modifications to cyclodestruction, reviewing each option's particular set of advantages and disadvantages, and features illustrations and instructional videos of these techniques. Later chapters consider best-practices to providing surgery in developing countries, surgical considerations for patients with corneal opacities and cataracts, and the impact of glaucoma upon quality of life of pediatric patients. Written by leaders in the field of ophthalmology, this book offers readers an exceptional resource on the evaluation and surgical management of childhood glaucoma.
About the Author: Alana L. Grajewski, MD
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Director, Samuel & Ethel Balkan International Pediatric Glaucoma Center
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida, USA
Elena Bitrian, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Senior Associate Consultant
Department of Ophthalmology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Maria Papadopoulos, MBBS, FRCOphth
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
Glaucoma Service
Moorfields Eye Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Sharon F. Freedman, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology
Chief, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Service
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, USA
