Many advances in medical therapy for chronic glaucoma have taken place in the past few
years that have altered previous concepts of stepwise medical therapy for glaucoma. β …

Introduction: In the last decades, the therapy of glaucoma has largely shifted from surgery to
medical treatment thanks to the introduction of strongly effective formulations, that is …

Glaucoma, a chronic progressive neuropathy and the most frequent cause of irreversible
blindness worldwide, is commonly treated by medication or surgery aimed at lowering …

Foreword Volume 2 of our serial publication continues our desire to address glaucoma with
a combination of science and speculation. As science expands, the emphasis is on data …

During the last 30 years, the definition of glaucoma as been revised to eliminate the
inclusion of intraocular pressure. Open angle glaucoma is the second leading cause of …

Glaucoma is the most common cause of legal blindness worldwide. This progressive optic
neuropathy is characterized by the degeneration of retinal ganglion cells and consequent …

The management of glaucoma has been considerably improved in the last three decades.
On the basis of deeper understanding about the cellular, molecular, and genetic levels …

Glaucoma is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by retinal ganglion cell (RGC)
death and axonal loss. It remains a major cause of blindness worldwide. All current …

There is no consensus as to how treatment of open-angle glaucoma should be initiated.
Medical therapy, laser trabeculoplasty, and filtration surgery each have their advocates as …

WITHIN THE LAST 20 years several new, effective, and well-tolerated glaucoma medi-
cations have been introduced. No longer is the clinician limited to pilocarpine and other …