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[Surgical therapy for glaucoma (author's transl)]. 1977

H G Scheie

The various of primary glaucoma are described in the form of an atlas with regard to their anatomy and treatment after a basic treatment of the gonioscopic conditions. The single illustrations show the chamber angle in the various possibilities of the course of narrow-angle glaucoma (interval or pre-glaucoma, acute congestive glaucoma and chronic congestive glaucoma) and the appropriate medical and surgical suggestions for therapy. In the same way the special anatomical points of the anterior segment in wide-angle glaucoma and its therapy are described pictorially.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008722	Methods	A series of steps taken in order to conduct research.	Techniques,Methodological Studies,Methodological Study,Procedures,Studies, Methodological,Study, Methodological,Method,Procedure,Technique
D005901	Glaucoma	An ocular disease, occurring in many forms, having as its primary characteristics an unstable or a sustained increase in the intraocular pressure which the eye cannot withstand without damage to its structure or impairment of its function. The consequences of the increased pressure may be manifested in a variety of symptoms, depending upon type and severity, such as excavation of the optic disk, hardness of the eyeball, corneal anesthesia, reduced visual acuity, seeing of colored halos around lights, disturbed dark adaptation, visual field defects, and headaches. (Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)	Glaucomas
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001271	Atlases as Topic	Works about collections of illustrative plates and charts..	Atlases as Topics
D014794	Visual Fields	The total area or space visible in a person's peripheral vision with the eye looking straightforward.	Field, Visual,Fields, Visual,Visual Field