Professional Documents
Culture Documents
• Features
Virtually symptom less
frequent change of glasses
gross field defect (late stages)
• Diagnosis
Ophthalmic exam
Field test
Optic Nerve
Field Test
Humphery Field Trace
Normal Disc
Cupped Disc
Primary Glaucoma's
• Angle closure
• Acute
• Very painful
• Reduced vision
• Nausea vomiting
• Can be triggered by dilating drops
Acute Glaucoma
Secondary Glaucomas
• Lens
• Intumescence
• Dislocation
• Phacolytic
• Trauma
• Uveitis
• Neovascular
Absolute Glaucoma
• Blind
• Painful
• Treatment
• Enucleation
• Laser/Cryotherapy
• Absolute alcohol
Treatment
Treatment
• Medical
• Beta blockers (Timolol)
• Carbonic anhydraze inhibitors
Azopt and Trusopt
• Sympathomimetics
Propine and Apraclonidine
• Parasympathomimetics (pilocarpine)
• Prostaglandin Derivatives (Xalatan)
Treatment
• Laser
• Trabeculoplasty
• Sclerostomy
• Cycloablation
Treatment
• Surgical
• Goniotomy
congenital
• Trabeculotomy
for congenital glaucoma's
• Trabeculectomy
for adult glaucoma's
• Implants
for difficult non responsive