Primary glaucoma etiology: current theories and researches

Glaucoma and the Glaucoma Theories

Current primary open-angle glaucoma treatments and future directions

Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a leading cause of blindness with no known cure. Management of the disease focuses on lowering intraocular pressure (IOP) with current classes of drugs like prostaglandin analogs, beta-blockers, alpha-agonists, and carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. These treatments have not helped all patients. Some patients continue to experience deterioration in the optic ne...

Theories and Empirical Researches: towards a Common Framework

Some examples of relationships between empirical and theoretical researches are introduced. A new theoretical framework, which is based on the notion of second order variables and on that of space of action, production and communication (APC), is defined. This allows a unifying approach to some didactical phenomena. The APC space is framed within the existing literature and illustrated through ...

Neovascular glaucoma: etiology, diagnosis and prognosis.

Neovascular glaucoma (NVG) is a severe form of glaucoma with devastating visual outcome attributed to new blood vessels obstructing aqueous humor outflow, usually secondary to widespread posterior segment ischemia. Invasion of the anterior chamber by a fibrovascular membrane initially obstructs aqueous outflow in an open-angle fashion and later contracts to produce secondary synechial angle-clo...

Neovascular Secondary Glaucoma, Etiology and Pathogenesis.

RATIONALE Neovascular secondary glaucoma is a condition characterized by increased intraocular pressure due to the neovascularization occurring at the iridocorneal angle and iris, the most common complication of end-stage ischemic retina. The early diagnosis and treatment of this disease are important, because the functional prognosis is reserved. OBJECTIVE Knowing and understanding the etiol...