Meet the editor

Michele Lanza graduated in Medicine and Surgery at Medical School of Seconda Università di Napoli, Italy, after which he began a residency program in ophthalmology in 2001. Today he is Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Università della Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy. His fields of interest are anterior segment disease, keratoconus, glaucoma, corneal dystrophies, and cataract. His research topics include intraocular lens (IOL)

power calculation, eye modification induced by refractive surgery, glaucoma progression, and validation of new diagnostic devices in ophthalmology. Dr. Lanza is the author of more than 100 papers published in international and Italian scientific journals and book chapters and is the editor of two international books. He also has more than 150 communications or posters in the most important international and Italian ophthalmology conferences to his credit.

Contents

**Section 1**

Ocular Hypertension in Blacks *by Daniel Laroche and Kara Rickford*

*by Fidan Jmor and John C. Chen*

*by Jan Lestak and Martin Fůs*

Psychosocial Aspects of Glaucoma

*by Sayantan Biswas*

*by Ashutosh Dayal*

*by Sonal P. Yadav*

to Glaucoma IOP Control

**Section 2**

Retinal Vascular Implications of Ocular Hypertension

Progression from Ocular Hypertension into Glaucoma

Neuropathology in Hypertensive Glaucoma

**Preface XI**

Ocular Hypertension **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 17**

**Chapter 3 35**

**Chapter 4 57**

Miscellaneous **71**

**Chapter 5 73**

**Chapter 6 83**

**Chapter 7 99**

Physiological Bases of Electric Stimulation as a New Approach

*by Luis Nino-de-Rivera, Diego Cervera and Paola Castillo-Juarez*

Glaucoma Related to Ocular and Orbital Tumors

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Preface

This book provides useful information to physicians who manage patients with ocular hypertension. It answers questions such as, is ocular hypertension an actual disease? How it is possible to detect it? How does this condition force people to modify their lifestyles? Because the optic nerve damage due to ocular hypertension is one of the most important causes of irreversible vision loss, it is essential to manage this condition in the best way possible. The book examines advances in technology that allow for earlier diagnosis and better management of patients, but physicians must be aware of the limits and challenges of new devices recently introduced. Finally, this volume helps physicians improve their abilities to manage ocular hypertension and its connections with other ocular and systemic diseases.

**Michele Lanza**

Italy

University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli",
