Film 102140 A Paradigm Shift in Chronic Glaucoma | ASCRS
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Film 102140 A Paradigm Shift in Chronic Glaucoma
April 2024
Meeting: 2024 ASCRS Annual Meeting
Presenting Author: Syed Hasnain, MD
Category: Quality Teaching
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How is elevated IOP causing the orderly, peripheral-to-central loss of nerve fibers in glaucoma? This is the most puzzling question in glaucoma. This systematic loss can only be achieved by a mechanical process. Glaucoma may not be an optic neuropathy, but an optic disc axotomy - a paradigm shift.