The coexistence of cataract and glaucoma is common and management of a cataract can have significant impact on the glaucoma status of a patient. This text focuses on the treatment of cataract in the setting of glaucoma using an evidence-based medicine approach. Managing cataracts to the best advantage of the glaucoma should result in the best visual outcomes for patients. Cataract Surgery in the Glaucoma Patient is a wonderful resource for ophthalmologists who care for glaucoma patients.

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PART I CATARACT SURGERY.- 1. Approach to Cataract Surgery in Glaucoma Patients.- 2. Anesthesia.- 3. Management of the Small Pupil.- 4. Small Incision Cataract Surgery and Glaucoma.- 5. Elevated Intraocular Pressure after Cataract Surgery.- PART II COMBINED SURGERY.- 6. Combined Cataract and Trabulectomy Surgery.- 7. Managing Cataract and Glaucoma in the Developing World: Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery (MSICS) Combined with Trabulectomy.- 8. Antimetabolite-augmented Trabulectomy Combined with Cataract Extraction for the Treatment of Cataract and Glaucoma.- 9. Early Postoperative Bleb Maintenance.- 10. Laser Suture Lysis and Releasable Sutures.- 11. Cataract Surgery Combined with Glaucoma Drainage Devices.- 12. Choroidal Detachment Following Glaucoma Surgery.- 13. Cataract Extraction Combined with Endoscopic Cyclophotocoagulation for the Treatment of Cataract and Glaucoma.- 14. Approach to Cataract Extraction Combined with New Glaucoma Devices.- PART III GLAUCOMA CONDITIONS.- 15. Cataract Surgery in Patients with Exfoliation Syndrome.- 16. Cataract Surgery in the Presence of a Functioning Trabulectomy Bleb.- 17. Cataract Extraction in Eyes with Prior GDD Implantation.- 18. Cataract Surgery in the Primary Angle Closure Patient.- 19. Nanophthalmos.- 20. Cataract Induced Glaucoma: Phacolytic/Phacomorphic.- 21. Glaucoma Related to Pseudophakia.