Second European Glaucoma Symposium, Helsinki, May 1984 (documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series) (volume 43)

The European Glaucoma Society was founded in the spring of 1978 at the initiative of Drs Fran~ois, Leydhecker and Greve. Representatives of most European countries met in Ghent and agreed to create a society that would promote the contacts and exchange of knowledge between European glauco­ matologists. The European Glaucoma Society serves to stimulate glaucoma research and diffuse specific knowledge to general ophthalmologists. The European Glaucoma Society would like to cooperate closely with similar glaucoma organizations in other continents. The first symposium of the EGS was held in April 1980 in Brighton, England. No proceedings were published. The second symposium took place in May 1984 in Hyvinkiiii, Finland. A great number of participants enjoyed a well organized scientific programme of attractive quality. The local organization was in the able hands of Raitta and her colleagues, Raivio and Lehto. The scientific programme was coordinated in Amsterdam where a great amount of work was done by Stella Ompi, secretary to the general secretary. The contents of the meeting have been summarized in this book. This second symposium of the EGS, which took place in an atmosphere of great enthusiasm and friendship, has shown great promise for the future of the European glaucoma. Front Matter....Pages I-XX Present and Future of Computer Assisted Perimetry in Glaucoma Selected Topics....Pages 1-9 Psychophysics in Glaucoma. A Modified Concept of the Disease....Pages 11-17 Psychological Factors in Computer Assisted Perimetry; Automatic and Semi-Automatic Perimetry....Pages 18-18 Optic Disc Densitometric Data and Delayed VECP in Glaucoma....Pages 19-22 Correlation or non-Correlation between Glaucomatous Field Loss as Determined by Automated Perimetry and Changes in the Surface of the Optic Disc?....Pages 23-33 Computerized Analysis of Visual Fields....Pages 35-40 The Visual Field Quantification Issue....Pages 41-45 Computerized Location of Fluctuation and Changes in Glaucomatous Visual Fields....Pages 47-53 The Humphrey Field Analyzer: Concepts and Clinical Results....Pages 55-64 Perimetry in Congenital and Infantile Glaucoma....Pages 65-68 Computerized Perimetric Program for Detection of early Glaucomatous Defects....Pages 69-73 Early Glaucomatous Field Defects in Computerized Perimetry (Octopus 201) and Tangent Screen (Bjerrum Kampimetry)....Pages 75-76 Rabbit IOP and Vitreous, Lens and Aqueous Weights after Various Diuretics and Water Loading Test. The Influence of Optic Nerve Transection....Pages 77-83 Effect of Adrenergic Agonists and β 1 β 2 Antagonists on Intraocular Pressure and Adenylate Cyclase in Rabbit Ciliary Processes....Pages 84-84 Relative Distribution of Epinephrine, Pilocarpine and Timolol in the Rabbit Eye....Pages 85-89 Location of β-Adrenergic Receptors in the Cornea and Ciliary Body of the Rabbit....Pages 90-90 Effect of Ocular Pigmentation on Ocular Disposition, Metabolism and Biophasic Availability of Pilocarpine....Pages 91-95 The Comparative Ocular Responses of Pilocarpine Ophthalmic Rods and Pilocarpine Eye Drops....Pages 97-102 The Influence on the Capillary Blood Volume of the Optic Nerve Head Exerted by Beta-Blocking Agents with and without Intrinsic Sympatomimetic Activity....Pages 103-109 (—)-Propranolol in the Isolated Rabbit Iris....Pages 111-117 Comparison of Different β-Blockers in Open Angle Glaucomas....Pages 119-123 The Effect of d -Timolol on Intraocular Pressure in Patients with Ocular Hypertension....Pages 124-124 The Effects of Timolol use in Glaucoma Patients under the Age of 17 Years....Pages 125-129 Levobunolol: Minimum Concentration Required to Control IOP in Subjects with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension....Pages 130-130 Long-Term Treatment of Chronic Open Angle Glaucoma with Topical Pindolol 1%....Pages 131-134 Maximal Medical Treated Glaucoma Patients....Pages 135-137 Levobunolol: A New Beta-Adrenoceptor Antagonist for the Treatment of Glaucoma....Pages 138-138 Eye Irritation Caused by Topical Beta-Blocker Therapy. A New Methodological Screening Approach....Pages 139-144 Laser Trabeculoplasty....Pages 145-152 Computerized Perimetry Before and after Trabeculoplasty. A Study of the Short-Term Effect....Pages 153-156 Effect of Argon Laser Trabeculoplasty in Open Angle Glaucoma: Our Experience....Pages 157-163 Argon Laser Trabeculoplasty. Variation of Methods and Immediate Complications....Pages 165-170 Early and Late Effects on Intraocular Pressure of the Treatment Mode of Laser Trabeculoplasty....Pages 171-175 Gonioretraction vs. Trabculoplasty....Pages 177-178 Cyclotrabeculospasis — A New and Simple Method of Laser Treatment in Glaucoma....Pages 179-181 The Immediate IOP Responses after Neodymium Yag Laser Iridotomy in the Human Eye....Pages 182-182 Argon Laser Trabeculoplasty in Chronic Open Angle Glaucoma....Pages 183-186 Laser-Prophylaxis of Neovascular Glaucoma....Pages 187-191 Ocular Effect on Neodymium-Yag Laser....Pages 192-192 Argon Laser Trabeculoplasty After Trabeculectomy....Pages 193-196 The Blood Aqueous Barrier Effects of Neodymium Yag Laser Iridotomy in the Human Eye....Pages 197-201 Experimental and Clinical Laser Iridectomy with Argon and Nd Yag Q Switched Laser....Pages 203-210 Surgery and its Documentation in Glaucoma....Pages 211-223 Scleral Changes After Diathermy and Incision (Scanning Electron Microscope Study)....Pages 225-229 Long-Term Observations on Goniotrephination....Pages 231-236 Ten Year Prospective Follow-Up of a Glaucoma Operation....Pages 237-247 Long-Term Observations After Trephination with Scleral Flap in Glaucoma with Threatened Point of Fixation....Pages 249-252 Valve Trabeculotomy and Filtering Iridocyclretraction in Glaucoma....Pages 253-257 A New Approach for Chamber Angle Surgery....Pages 259-263 Gonioscopic Trabeculotomy. First Results....Pages 265-271 Experimental and Clinical Consideration of Direct Cyclodiathermy....Pages 273-279 Research on the Mechanism of Trabeculectomy: The Main Pathway of the Aqueous Humor....Pages 281-286 The Trabeculo-Keratencleizis Under Scleral Flap....Pages 287-291 A Modification of Cohan’s Filtering Corneal Trephination....Pages 293-294 Variation in Anterior Chamber Volume During the Pilocarpine/Phenylephrine Provocative Test....Pages 295-300 Unilateral Angle Closure Glaucoma: A Biometric Study....Pages 301-303 Limbal and Axial Chamber Depth. Variations. Detection of Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma....Pages 304-304 Value of Ultrasonographic Biometry in Congenital Glaucoma....Pages 305-310 Astigmatism and Amblyopia in Congenital Glaucoma....Pages 311-316 Hereditary Juvenile Glaucoma....Pages 317-320 Chronic Open-Angle Glaucoma with Exfoliation Syndrome. Long-Term Functional Prognosis of Treated and Regularly Followed Patients....Pages 321-325 Baring of the Optic Disc Circumlinear Vessels in Ocular Hypertension and Glaucoma....Pages 327-331 Glaucomatous Alterations of the Optic Disc in High Myopia....Pages 333-338 Orbital Haemodynamics and Aqueous Humour Dynamics in Diseases of the Carotid-Cavernous and Vertebro-Basilar Systems....Pages 339-347 Panretinal Photocoagulation Treatment of Severe, Complicated Glaucoma....Pages 348-348 Hemorrhagic Glaucoma after Intraocular Operations....Pages 349-351 Blood and Plasma Viscosity Measurements in Glaucoma Patients....Pages 352-352 Secondary Glaucoma in Reactive Lymphoid Hyperplasia of the Conjunctiva and Uveal Tract....Pages 353-358 The Natural Course of Open Angle Glaucoma (Poster Exhibition)....Pages 359-363 Goniodysgenesis in Elderly Glaucoma and Non-Glaucoma Patients. A Masked Biomicroscopic Study of the Anterior Segment....Pages 364-364