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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2001
08:30 - 10:00	S10: UP TO DATE ON ANGLE - CLOSURE GLAUCOMA Italian and Greek Glaucoma Societies Chairperson: L. Bonomi, Italy	Hall A
08:30	EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA A. Bonomi, L. Bonomi, Italy
08:50	BIOMETRIC DATA AND PATHOGENESIS OF ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA G. Marchini, Italy
09:10	ANATOMICAL AND FUNCTIONAL DAMAGE TO THE OPTIC NERVE IN ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA M. Marraffa, Italy
09:30	ARGON LASER IRIDOPLASTY AS A PRIMARY TREATMENT FOR ACUTE ANGLE CLOSURE GLAUCOMA. A PROSPECTIVE CLINICAL STUDY L. Quaranta, S. Bettelli, S. De Cilla, E. Gandolfo, Italy
09:35	INTRACULAR PRESSURE CONTROL IN PATIENTS WITH PIGMENTARY GLAUCOMA AFTER LASER IRIDOTOMY OR LOW DOSE PILOCARPINE APPLICATION G.T. Georgopoulos, D.S. Papaconstantinou, L.E. Patsea, D.G. Andreanos, J. Vergados, G.P. Theodossiadis, Athens, Greece
09:40	THE EFFECTS OF 2% IBOPAMINE EYE DROPS ON THE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE AND PUPIL MOTILITY OF PATIENTS WITH OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA I. Giuffre, S. Di Staso, L. Sabetti, L. Taverniti, A. Aiello, E. Balestrazzi, Roma, Italy
09:45	Discussion
10:30 - 13:00	S11: CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF NEW PERIMETRIC TECHNIQUES Italian and Greek Glaucoma Societies Chairperson: E. Gandolfo, Italy	Hall A
10:30	INTRODUCTORY NOTES E. Gandolfo, Italy
10:45	THE IMPORTANCE OF CLASSIC PERIMETRY G.T. Georgopoulos, Athens, Greece
11:00	FAST THRESHOLD STRATEGIES P. Capris
11:10	MICROPERIMETRY AND GLAUCOMA S. Miglior
11:20	NEW TECHNIQUES - DFT - OBJECTIVE PERIMETRY - FLICKER AND MOTION PERIMETRY P. Brusini, Udine, Italy
11:35	BLUE/YELLOW PERIMETRY - HRP G. Corallo
11:45	FIVE STAGE GLAUCOMA DAMAGE CLASSIFICATION USING FDT INDICES P. Brusini, Udine, Italy
11:50	DIFFERENT PERIMETRIC TECHNIQUES TO DETECT EARLY GLAUCOMATOUS DEFECTS M. Altieri, M. Iester, P. Capris, M. Zingirian, C. Traverso, Genoa, Italy
11:55	FREQUENCY DOUBLING PERIMETRY IN OCULAR HYPERTENSION AND CHRONIC OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA M. Cellini, A. Torreggiani, Italy
12:05	QUANTATIVE COLOR VISION DEFECTS AND AUTOMATED VISUAL FIELD DATA IN PATIENTS WITH OCULAR HYPERTENSION D.S. Papacostantinou, G.T. Georgopoulos, L.E. Patsea, M. Alexiou, J. Vergados, D. Andreanos, G.P. Thodossiadis, Athens, Greece
12:10	INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE AND PROGRESSION OF VISUAL FIELD DAMAGE B. Brogliatti, A. Fea, L. Palanza, T. Rolle, S. Boggio Merlo, R. Rigaut, Italy
12:15	IOP INCREASE AFTER VISUAL FIELD EXAMINATION L.E. Patsea, A. Amariotakis, S. Katsourakis, K. Roungas, S. Skouriotis, M. Vourexaki, G.T. Georgopoulos
12:20	VISUAL FIELD TESTING IN PATIENTS WITH OCULAR HYPERTENSION AND LOCALIZED RNFL DEFECTS L. Rossetti, S. Miglior, N. Incarnato, P. Fogagnolo, N. Orzalesi, Milan, Italy
12:25	PATTERN ELECTRORETINOGRAM LOSSES UNDERLYING PERIMETRIC LOSSES IN EARLY GLAUCOMA L. Scullica, B. Falsini, T. Salgarello, A. Colotto, M.G. Scullica, Italy
12:30	EFFECTS OF ACUTE TOPICAL ADMINISTRATION OF CLONIDINE 0.125%, APRACLONIDINE 1.0% AND BRIMONIDINE 0.2% ON VISUAL FIELD PARAMETERS AND OCULAR PERFUSION PRESSURE IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY OPEN ANGLE GLAUCO A. Sebastiani, F. Parmeggiani, C. Costagliola, M. Ciancaglini, E. D'Oronzo, L. Mastropasqua, Italy
12:35	IBOPAMINE TEST AND FREQUENCY DOUBLING PERIMETRY IN EARLY GLAUCOMA DIAGNOSIS M. Virno, F. De Gregorio, S. Saccucci, M.J. Angelini, M. Palmieri, Italy
12:45	Discussion
14:00 - 15:30	S12: IMAGING IN GLAUCOMA Italian and Greek Glaucoma Societies Chairperson: B. Boles Carenini, Italy	Hall A
14:00	INTRODUCTORY REMARKS B. Carenini, Italy
14:05	RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER ANALYSIS R.G. Carassa, Milano, Italy
14:15	THE MACULAR THICKNESS AND VOLUME IN GLAUCOMA: AN ANALYSIS IN NORMAL AND GLAUCOMATOUS EYES USING OCT A. Giovannini, Italy
14:25	G.D.x IN GLAUCOMA S. Miglior
14:35	THE HEIDELBERG RETINA TOMOGRAPH AND GLAUCOMA B. Brogliatti, T. Rolle, Italy
14:45	C.T AND A. ECOGRAPHY OF OPTIC NERVE B. Carenini, B. Brogliatti, Italy
14:55	RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER MEASUREMENTS OBTAINED WITH SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY AND VISUAL FUNCTION IN NORMAL, OCULAR HYPERTENSIVE AND GLAUCOMATOUS EYES P. Montanari, N. Baccelli, C. Coerezza, M. Mosca, L. Buffagni, R. Ratiglia, Italy
15:00	REPRODUCIBILITY OF RETINAL THICKNESS ANALYZER MEASUREMENTS IN HEALTHY AND GLAUCOMATOUS SUBJECTS M. Ciancaglini, A. Sebastiani, P. Carpineto, C. Costagliola, M. Ciafre, F. Parmegiani, E. Doronzo, L. Mastropasqua, Chieti
15:05	DIAGNOSTIC VALUE FOR GLAUCOMA OF A NEW HRT ANALYSIS CORRECTING FOR DISC SIZE S. Miglior, M. Guareschi, S. Zanchi, M. Casula, E. Albe, L. Fontana, N. Orzalesi
15:10	INTRA-AND INTER- OBSERVER REPRODUCIBILITY IN THE EVALUATION OF THE OPTIC DISC BY HRT S. Miglior, E. Albe, M. Guareschi, L. Rossetti, N. Orzalesi
15:15	STRUCTURAL GLAUCOMATOUS DAMAGE VS VISUAL FIELD DEFECTS: IONGITUDINAL STUDY IN PATIENTS WITH OCULAR HYPERTENSION OR EARLY PRIMARY OPEN ANGEL GLAUCOMA T. Rolle, B. Brogliatti, A. Fea, E. Borasio, A. Fornero, L. Belli, M. Manea, Torino, Italy
15:20	STUDY OF OCULAR HYPERTENSION WITH GDX AND BLUE ON YELLOW PERIMETRY G.T. Georgopoulos, D. Papaconstantinou, L. Patsea, M. Alexiou, J. Vergados, D. Andreanos, G. Theodossiadis, P. Goga, Athens, Greece
15:25	Discussion
15:25	CHANGES IN OPTIC DISC TOPOGRAPHY OF ADULT PATIENTS AFTER TRABECULECTOMY F. Topouzis, F. Yu, N.T. Stangos, A.L. Coleman, Greece
15:45 - 17:50	S17: FREE PAPERS	Hall A
15:45	GANGLION CELL APOPTOSIS AND INCREASED NUMBER OF NADPH - D POSITIVE NEURONS IN THE RODENT RETINA IN AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL OF GLAUCOMA L. Palanza, R. Nuzzi, M. Repici, A. Vercelli, Italy
15:50	EVALUATION OF CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS IN PATIENTS AFFECTED WITH OCULAR HYPERTENSION, PRIMARY OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA, NORMAL TENSION GLAUCOMA L. Quaranta, S. Battelli, G. Plutino, E. Gandolfo, Italy
15:55	CROSSED AND UNCROSSED VISUAL PATHWAYS ARE IMPAIRED DIFFERENTLY IN OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA PATIENTS V. Parisi, G.L. Manni, D. Gregori, D. Olzi, S. Meconi, G. Coppola, M. Scipioni, M.G. Bucci
16:00	REPRODUCIBILITY OF A NEW TECHNIQUE TO ANALYZE RETINAL BLOOD FLOW M.M. Iester, N. Altieri, M. Zingirian, C. Traverso, Italian and Greek Glaucoma Societies, Genova, Italy
16:05	INFLUENCE OF PREGNANCY ON OCULAR BLOOD FLOW M. Centofanti, G.L. Manni, R. Migliardi, D. Zarfati, D. Lorenzano, M. Scipioni, A. Harris, M.G. Bucci, Rome, Italy
16:10	NYCTOHEMERAL VARIATIONS OF INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE IN 3 GROUPS OF WHITE INDIVIDUALS: HEALTHY YOUNG, HEALTHY AGIN POPULATION, AND GLAUCOMA PATIENTS A. Bottoli, L. Rossetti, A. Randazzo, E. Fumagalli, E. Orzalesi, Milan, Italy
16:15	EFFECT OF BRIMONIDINE ON PATIENTS UNDERGOING BETA-BLOCKERS WITH IOP NOT CONTROLLED L. Taverniti, S. Donati, S. Di Staso, L. Arrico, I. Giuffre
16:20	COMPARISON OF LATANOPROST, BRIMONIDINE AND A FIXED COMBINATION OF TIMOLOL AND DORZOLAMIDE ON CIRCADIAN INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE IN PATIENTS WITH POAG OR OH N. Orzalesi, L. Rossetti, T. Invernizzi, E. Fumagalli, P. Fogagnolo, Italy
16:25	24 HOUR INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE REDUCTION WITH LATANOPROST 0.005% COMPARED WITH THE TIMOLOL/DORZOLAMIDE FIXED COMBINATION (TDFC) IN PRIMARY OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA AND OCULAR HYPERTENSION A.G.P. Konstas, P. Papapanos, I Tersis, D. Houliara, K.T. Holmes, W.C. Stewart, Greece
16:30	THE PULSATILE OCULAR BLOOD FLOW BEHAVIOUR IN OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA PATIENTS AFTER REPLACING TIMOLOL THERAPY WITH TIMOLOL AND DORZOLAMIDE FIXED COMBINATION: PRELIMINARY STUDY G. Manni, M. Centofanti, D. Gregori, F. Oddone, M. Scipioni, R. Migliardi, M.G. Bucci
16:35	EYELASHES HYPERTRICHOSIS INDUCED BY TOPICAL LATANOPROST: 6 MONTH FOLLOW-UP STUDY G. Stecchi, S. Saccucci, S. Molinari, F. De Gregorio, Milan, Italy
16:40	REAL ADVANTAGES OF PRESERVATIVE-FREE PREPARATIONS IN SPECIAL CONTAINERS FOR LONG-TERM GLAUCOMA THERAPY B. Brogliatti, E. Boldrini, B. Boles Carenini, Italy
16:45	AN "IN VITRO MODEL" FOR POST-TRABECULECTOMY: EVALUATION OF DRUGS DIFFERENTLY CONTROLLING CELL PROLIFERATION N. Pescosolido, G. Scarsella, G. Risuleo, Italy
16:50	ADVANCED FLAP TRABECULECTOMY F.M. Grignolo, F.M. Grignolo, R. Gallo, L. Tonini, M.M. Rabbione, A. Fea, M. Franzone, A. Boles Carenini, R. Samuelly, Italy
16:55	TRABECULECTOMY WITH INTRAOPERATIVE USE OF MITOMYCIN-C N. Milopoulos, S. Avramides, P. Traianidis
17:00	FIVE-YEARS FOLLOW-UP OF LSL TRABECULECTOMIES WITH LOW-DOSAGE MITOMICIN-C IN PRIMARY OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA A. Reibaldi, M.G. Uva, Italy
17:05	LASER DEEP SCLERECTOMY (LDS) FOR GLAUCOMA TREATMENT V.P. Kozobolis, I. Pallikaris, Greece
17:10	DEEP SCLERECTOMY IN PRIMARY OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA: COMPARISON AMONG DIFFERENT IMPLANTS F. Galassi, A. Sodi, F. Ucci, B. Pieri, G. Renieri, Firenze, Italy
17:15	DEEP SCLERECTOMY WITH THE ADJUNCTIVE USE OF MITOMYCIN C D. Andreanos, D. Papaconstantinou, J. Vergados, G.T. Georgopoulos, Athens, Greece
17:20	DEEP SCLERECTOMY (DS) VS DEEP SCLERECTOMY WITH MMC (DSMMC) V.P. Kozobolis, I. Pallikaris, Greece
17:25	DEEP SCLERECTOMY AND VISCOCANALOSTOMY: CRITICAL REVIEW OF A LEARNING CURVE RESULTS L. Bauchiero, A. Demarie, L. Belli, G. Vadala, B. Brogliatti, Italy
17:30	MANAGING HIGH RISK GLAUCOMAS WITH THE AHMED VALVE IMPLANT J. Vergados, G.T. Georgopoulos, D.S. Papaconstantinou, M. Alexiou, J. Chalkiadakis, P. Gogas, D.G. Andreanos, G.P. Theodossiadis, Greece
17:35	HYPOTENSIVE EFFECT OF ACETYLCHOLINE IN EARLY POSTOPERATIVE HYPERTONY FOLLOWING PHACOEMULCIFICATION  A. Kandarakis, E. Bartsi, G. Tomais, P. Voutsinas, G. Vrionis, A. Lenas, T. Orfanidis, Athens, Greece
17:40	THE EFFECT OF BRIMONIDINE IN EARLY POSTPERATIVE HYPERTONY FOLLOWING PHACOEMULCIFICATION A. Kandarakis, E. Bartsi, G. Vrionis, P. Voutsinas, G. Tomais, L. Kontogiorgi, A. Polltis, Athens, Greece
17:45	SHORT TERM RESULTS OF THE EX-PRESS GLAUCOMA MINIATURE IMPLANT IN COMBINED SURGERY WITH PHACO-EMULSIFICATION S. Gandolfi, A. Bron, E. Sellem, A. Kaplan-Messas, Z. Zagorski, Y. Epstein and M. Belkin, France and Israel

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