SURGICAL INNOVATIONS IN GLAUCOMA

Part I. Considerations in Device Development
1. Schlemm""s Canal And Collector Channels As Therapeutic Targets
2. Intraoperative Assessment of the Conventional Collector Outflow System As Therapeutic Target
3. Suprachoroidal Space As A Therapeutic Target
4. Ciliary Body as a Therapeutic Target
5. Clinical Trials for IOP lowering Devices to Support a FDA Premarket Submission
6. Considerations in Patenting New Surgical Devices for Glaucoma: The Changing Patent Law Landscape

Part II. Laser Technologies
7. New Laser Technologies
8. Excimer Laser Trabeculostomy (ELT) - an effective MIGS procedure for Open Angle Glaucoma
9. Laser Therapies: Cyclodestructive Procedures
10. CO2 Laser-Assisted Deep Sclerectomy

Part III. Ultrasound Technologies
11. Ultrasonic Circular Cyclo-Coagulation
12. TUG (Therapeutic Ultrasound for Glaucoma)

Part IV. Internal Outflow Enhancement
13. The iStent® MIGS Family: iStent®, iStent Inject®, and iStent Supra®
14. Canaloplasty
15. The Hydrus Micro-Stent
16. Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery: Trabeculectomy ab interno

Part V. External Outflow Enhancement
17. XEN Glaucoma Implant. The solution designed by Aquesys®
18. Glaucoma Surgery With the Ex-Press Glaucoma Shunt
19. Molteno Developments in Traditional Outflow Implants
20. Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Model M4.- Part VI. Suprachoroidal Outflow Devices
21. The CyPass Suprachoroidal Micro-Stent
22. STARfloTM: a suprachoroidal drainage implant made from STAR® Biomaterial
23. SOLX Suprachoroidal Shunt

Part VII. Cataract Surgery
24. Cataract surgery: The `new"" glaucoma procedure?
25. Lens Extraction For Angle Closure Glaucoma

Part VIII. Future Developments
26. Adopting New Surgical Methods: How I do it & How I Choose: Going with the Flow
27. Biomarkers to predict glaucoma surgical success

There is a revolution in new glaucoma surgical techniques. New glaucoma surgical devices are taking precedence in glaucoma surgery, with the new surgeries drastically cutting down on the chances for patient infection as well as higher success rates compared to the older types of surgery.

Surgical Innovations in Glaucoma is the only book of its kind written by the top experts in the field, from inventors, clinical trial investigators, and top specialists experienced with the new devices. Written for general ophthalmologists who perform glaucoma surgery, the text walks the reader through the what, where, when, and how of the new glaucoma surgical tools, and includes supplementary online how-to videos for those interested in seeing the latest glaucoma procedures performed with these devices.


Content Level » Professional/practitioner
Keywords » glaucoma - ophthalmology - surgery - surgical innovations
Related subjects » Ophthalmology - Surgery


AUTHORS & EDITORS

Dr. Samples co-authored and edited The Glaucoma Book with Paul Schacknow, was guest editor of Ophthalmic Genetics: Diagnosis and Therapy, and co-authored the complete edition of the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Basic Science and Clinical Curriculum in Glaucoma,In addition to his clinical practices in Denver, CO and Portland, OR, Samples leads four glaucoma meetings a year: (1) Glaucoma at Snowmass in March (Co-director), (2) Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmology Society, 105 years old), a meeting alternating between California and Hawaii (Executive Secretary, (3) Glauocma Mini-Fellowship (9-year old meeting sponsored by University of California/San Francisco and co-directed with Dr Shan Lin, and (4) since 2002, he has run the Trabecular Meshwork Society, immediately prior to the American Society for Cell Biology.

Dr Ahmed, whose clinical practice is in Toronto, Canada, is co-chair of the largest Surgical Innovations in Glaucoma meeting, a multi-sponsored one-day event.