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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2001 THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2001 FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2001 SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2001 SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2001
    POSTER SESSIONS 1       
      POSTER SESSIONS 2

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THURSDAY, MARCH 22 - FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2001

POSTER SESSION 1
SHORT TERM RESULTS OF THE EX-PRESS GLAUCOMA MINIATURE IMPLANT IN COMBINED SURGERY WITH PHACO-EMULSIFICATION
A. Bron, E. Sellem, A. Kaplan-Messas, S. Gandolfi, Z. Zagorski, Y. Epstein and M. Belkin, France and Israel
STAGING OF FUNCTIONAL DAMAGE IN GLAUCOMA USING FREQUENCY DOUBLING TECHNOLOGY
P. Brusini, C. Tosoni, Italy
USE OF TOPICAL ANAESTHESIA IN COMBINED OF PHACO-EMULSIFICATION AND NON PENETRATING DEEP SCLERECTOMY
W. Williamson, C. Feumi, T. Chiffre, J.M Lewin, France
MICROINVASIVE TECHNIQUE OF NON-PENETRATING DEEP SCLERECTOMY IN OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA
N. Strenev, Ekaterinburg, Russia
CHANGES IN CHRONORHYTHMOLOGIC ORGANIZATION OF INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE (IOP) IN CASE OF PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA
O. Mykytiuk, Ukraine
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE OF USE OF COMBINED MEDICATION FOTIL(SATEN AO, FINLAND) IN THE TREATMENT OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF GLAUCOMA
T.V. Birich, A. Zenkovitch, M. Dzumova, Belarus
DOES THE TRUSOPT EYEDROP DAMAGE CORNEAL ENDOTHEL?
A. Dekov, R. Vamos, J. Hargitai, G. Salacz, Budapest, Hungary
INTRAVITREAL INJECTION OF CRYSTALLINE CORTISONE AS ADJUNCTIVE TREATMENT OF NEOVASCULAR SECONDARY ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA
J.B. Jonas, J.K. Hayler, A. Syfker, S. Panda-Jonas, Erlangen, Germany
NEW ORIGINAL COMBINED ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT PROXOCARPIN: EXPERIMENTAL STUDYING
M. Iagorashvili, V.H. Yermakova, Moscow, Russia
OPTIC NERVE DISK IN GLAUCOMA-OPTIC ILLUSION AND REALITY
T. Kubena, P. Cernosek, Zlin 12, Czech Republic
SLECTIVE LASER TRABECULOPLASTY (SLT): CLINICAL LONG TERM RESULTS
K. Czechowicz-Janicka, A. Piekarniak, J.T. Wasyluk, Warsaw, Poland
IS MYDRIASIS AN ADEQUATE TEST FOR DETERMINING THE NEED FOR IRIDOTOMY IN SYMPTOM FREE NARROW ANGLES
J. Freedman, NY, USA
THE NEW AUTOMATIC OPHTHALMODYNAMOMETER FOR SIMULTANEOUS ASSESMENT OF OCULAR PERFUSION PRESSURE AND OUTFLOW FACILITY
K. Hille, E. Rumberger, J. Draeger, Homburg/Saar, Germany
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF MEDICAL TREATMENT OF GLAUCOMA WITHOUT MIOTIC AGENTS
S.L. Malinina, V.N. Yermakova, M.Y. Abdulkadjirova, Moscow, Russia
TOPOGRAFIC CHANGES OF THE OPTIC DISC AFTER TRABECULECTOMY
D. Kontic, M. Beko, V. Markovic, M. Milovic, D. Cvetkovic, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
SCANNING RETINAL THICKNESS ANALYSIS: A SENSITIVE METHOD FOR THE EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF THE OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA.
L. Arrico, A. Mollicone, S. Donati, R. Losciale, E.M. De Santis, A. Missiroli, Italy
LIGHT AND COLOR SENSITIVITY DISTURBANCES IN THE VISUAL FIELD IN CHILDREN WITH UVEAL GLAUCOMA
E. Denisova, L.I. Nesteruk, N.L. Ferapontova, S.M. Makkaeva, Moscow, Russia
HEALTH RESORT TREATMENT AS THE FACTOR OF MEDICAL AND SOCIAL REHABILITATION OF THE GLAUCOMA PATIENTS
V. Goncharov, S.V. Vladimirova, N.L. Ferapontova, S.M. Makkaeva, L.I. Nesteruk, V.P. Rymar, A.M. Kouznetsov, Sochi, Russia
INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE AFTER HOMOLOGOUS PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY
J.B. Jonas, R.M. Rank, J.K. Hayler, W.M. Budde, Erlangen, Germany
INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE AND SILICONE OIL ENDOTAMPONADE
J.B. Jonas, H.L.J. Knorr, R.M. Rank, W.M. Budde, Erlangen, Germany
FACTOR ANALYSIS OF BASIC FUNCTIONAL AND MARPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA
I. Konareva-Kostianeva, M. Atanassov, Bulgaria
A NEW HYPOTHESIS ON THE MECHANISM OF OPTIC NERVE DAMAGE IN OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA
H.C. Liang, Xi'an, China
EFFECTS OF SYSTEMIC OR TOPICAL ADMINISTRATION OF UNOPROSTONE ISOPROPYL ON RETINAL GANGLION CELL SURVIVAL AFTER TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA OF THE RETINA
M.P. Lafuente, S. Mayor, M.E. Aguilera, M. Vidal-Sanz., M.P. Villegaz-Peres, Espinardo, Spain
RELATION OF INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE AND CORNEAL THICKNESS MEASURED BY CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY SYSTEM
M. Kuo, Y.H. Lee, Panchiao, Taiwan-R.O.C.
THE USE OF XALATAN 0.005% (LATANOPROST) AS THE SELECTING PREPARATION FOR THE PATIENTS WITH UNSTABLE VISUAL FUNCTION
A. Kuroyedov, Moscow, Russia
IS THE PRIMARY OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA A NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE?
L. Banyai, Germany
ELECTROMAGNETIC STIMULATIONS AS NEUROPROTECTION IN GLAUCOMATOUS OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY
S. Anisimova, S.I. Anisimov, V.V. Lednev, Russia
A PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON THE EASE OF EYE DROP SELF ADMINISTRATION USING AN EYE DROP GUIDE
C.M. Birt, Canada
NON-PENETRATING TRABECULAR SURGERY FAILURE: RETREATMENT CHOICE
J. Acosta, N.I. Aranguren, E. Grigera, Argentina
CORELATION OF HRT AND PSYCHOPHYSICAL TESTS IN GLAUCOMA SUSPECTS
C.M. Hartleben, L. Ramirez, H. Casab, V. Korder, A. Morales, Mexico
EFFECT OF RHO-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS ON CILIARY MUSCLE AND TRABECULAR MESHWORK CONTRACTILITY
Y. Kawamoto, Y. Yoshida, M. Waki, T. Fujii, M. Azuma, Japan
THE EYE HEMO- AND HYDRODYNAMICS IN PATIENTS WITH THE BRAIN EXTRA- AND INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR OCCLUSIVE DISEASES
L. Kashyntseva, N.G. Zavgorodnyaya, Odessa, Ukraine
THE NEW INTRAOCULAR AUTOMATIC PRESSURE SENSOR
K. Hille, J. Draeger, T. Eggers, P. Stegmayer, J. Binder, K.W. Ruprecht, Homburg/Saar, Germany
USING OF VISCOPROTECTORS HEALON IN SURGICAL THEATMENT OF OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA
A. Ermolaev, B. Alexeev, Russia
INTRAOCULAR LENS IMPLANTATION AFTER COMBINED CATARACT EXTRACTION AND TRABECULECTOMY
O. Filippova, V.P. Erichev, Moscow, Russia
LATANOPROST OR BRIMONIDINE, AS SUBSTITUTION OF BETABLOCKERS IN MONOTERAPHY
J. Kelly Rigollet, R. Rodriguez Garcia, A. Benaque Vidal, A. Sensada Duque, Barcelona, Spain
TONOMETRY AND CORNEAL FACTORS: IS THERE ANY CORRELATION?
D. Gioulis, P. Panetta, G. Toffoli, G. Pastori, Italy
THE ROLE OF ANTIBODY LEVEL FOR TYPE OF COLLAGEN I
J. Lovpache, O. Slepova, V. Erichev, Russia
POST SURGICAL STEROID RESPONSIVENESS - PERSONAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
I. Beiran, J. Pikkel, A. Ofir, B. Miller, Haifa, Israel
INFLUENCE OF KSALATAN ON IOP, HEMODYNAMICS PARAMETERS IN PATIENTS GLAUCOMA IN COMBINATION WITH MYOPY OF HIGH DEGREE
N. Makashova, Moscow, Russia
COMBINED TRABECULECTOMY AND PHACOEMULSIFICATION COMPARED TO TRABECULECTOMY ALONE, BOTH WITH MITOMYCIN C
G. Kleinmann, H. Katz, A. Pollack, E. Schechtman, R. Rachmiel, M. Zalish, Rehovot, Israel
REMOVABLE SUTURE TRABECULECTOMY-COMPARATIVE RESULTS
C. Constantin, D. Costin, Iasi, Romania
TRANSFORMING AND INSULIN LIKE GROWTH FACTORS IN THE AQUEOUS HUMOUR OF PATIENTS WITH EXFOLIATION SYNDROME
A. Konstas, U. Schloetzer-Schrehardt, G. Koliakos, T. Bufidis, N. Georgiadis, Greece
BRIMONIDINE 0,2% GIVEN TWO OR THREE TIMES DAILY VERSUS TIMOLOL MALEATE 0,5% IN POAG
A. Konstas, W. Stewart, F. Topouzis, I. Tersis, K. Holmes, N. Stangos, Thessaloniki, Greece
THE USE OF AUTOLOGOUS FIBRINOGEN CONCENTRATE IN TREATING GLAUCOMA FILTRATION SURGERY INDUCED OCULAR HYPOTONY PATIENTS
T.Y. Liu, D.W. Lu, Taipei, Taiwan-R.O.C.
INTERMEDIATE TERM FOLLOW-UP OF INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE AFTER MITOMYCIN-C AUGMENTED VISCOCANALOSTOMY IN YOUNG ASIAN PATIENTS WITH GLAUCOMA
D.W. Lu, T.Y. Liu, Taipei, China
THE PATTERNS OF VISUAL DEFECT IN CHRONIC ANGLE CLOSURE GLAUCOMA
C. Liu, L.I. Lau, J. Chou, W.M. Hsu, J.H. Liu, Taiwan-R.O.C.
BILATERAL CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATED TO CATARACT: 36 YEARS FOLLOW-UP
I. Giuffre, Roma, Italy
EVALUATION AND FOLLOW-UP OF YOUNG PATIENTS AFFECTED BY NORMAL TENSION GLAUCOMA
I. Giuffre, Roma, Italy
PULSATILE OCULAR BLOOD FLOW IN GLAUCOMA EYES
J. Chou, H.Y. Lin, C. Liu, M.J. Chen, S.H. Chiou, Taiwan-R.O.C.
ACUTE ANGLE CLOSURE AND RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA-IS THERE AN ASSOCIATION?
C. Khng, A. Gazzard, G.C. Liew, A. Tin, S. Seah, Singapore
EXTERNAL TRABECULAR MESHWORK (TM) IN DEEP NON-PENETRATING SCLERECTOMY (DNPS). A CONFOCAL MICROSCOPIC STUDY.
P. Hamard, P. Sourdille, F. Valtot, C. Baudouin, Paris, France
OCULAR SURFACE CHANGES INDUCED BY TOPICAL ANTIGLAUCOMA MONOTHERAPY
B. Cvenkel, A. Ihan, M. Zupan, Ljubljana, Slovenia
EVALUATION OF BLOOD FLOW IN CENTRAL RETINAL ARTERY BY DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA
I. Filipecka, A. Gierek-Lapinska, K. Zaluczkowska-Marcela
TRANSSCLERAL CYCLOPHOTOCOAGULATION IN THE TREATMENT OF SECONDARY GLAUCOMA
R. Leszczyoski, A. Gierek-Lapinska, Poland
FURTHER INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE LOWERING EFFECT IN GLAUCOMATOUS EYES AFTER SWITCH TO LATANOPROST AS SINGLE OR COMBINED THERAPY
D. Doro, D. Genesin, P. Maimone, F. Busca, Italy
2% IBOPAMINE EYE-DROPS: EVALUATION OF A DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN OUTFLOW PATHWAY DISORDERS
F. De Gregorio, M. Virno, F. De Gregorio, G. Stecchi, L. Sedran, F. Missiroli, Italy
EFFECT OF ACUTE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ELEVATIONS ON OCULAR BLOOD FLOW
V. Makris, Munice, IN, USA
COMBINED INTRA-OPERATIVE SPONGE 5-FU AND 5-FU NEEDLING REVISION OF TRABECULECTOMY IN PATIENTS AT INCREASED RISK OF FAILURE
A. Kerr, Liverpool, UK
FW: COMPARATIVE ANTIOXIDANT EFFECT OF PARA-AMINOBENZOIC ACID AND EMOXIPIN IN THE RETINA
T.P. Galbinur, Baku, Azerbaijan
COMPARISON OF SELECTIVE LASER TRABECULOPLASTY VERSUS ARGON LASER TRABECULOPLASTY: 12 MONTH FOLLOW UP IN PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA
R. Ciappetta, Siena, Italy
FAMILIAL AMYLOIDOTIC POLYNEUROPATHY TYPE I AND SECONDARY GLAUCOMA: CASE REPORT
S. Duch, M. Castany, D. Andreu, M. Carrera, Spain
THE CHARLES BONNET SYNDROME IN PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA PATIENTS
C. Bogdanici, Romania
PATTERN OF RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER DAMAGE IN EYES WITH NORMAL-TENSION GLAUCOMA AND HEMIFIELD VISUAL FIELD DOMINANT VISUAL FIELD DEFECT
M. Kook, Korea
CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITION AND ITS EFFECT ON RETINAL MICRO- AND MACROCIRCULATION
A.S. Bernd, Hamburg, Germany
COMPARATIVE STUDY REGARDING THE EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY OF THE TRABECULECTOMY VERSUS NONPENETRATING DEEP SCLERECTOMY IN PRIMARY OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA SURGERY
D. Chiselita, Romania
ENDOSCOPIC GONIOTOMY WITH ANTERIOR CHAMBER MAINTAINER
S. Bayraktar, Turkey
MEASUREMENT OF RETINAL NERVE FIBER THICKNESS IN GLAUCOMA PATIENTS BY NERVE FIBER ANALYZER AND ACCURACY OF GDX SCANNING SYSTEM IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF GLAUCOMA
B. Bozkurt, Turkey
CLINICAL EVALUATION OF PHACO-TRABECULECTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH CATARACT AND GLAUCOMA: FIVE YEARS EXEPERIENCE.
C. Cagini, C. Fiore, G.B. Sbordone, R. Gallai, P. Murdolo, Italy
CORRELATION BETWEEN HEIDELBERG RETINA TOMOGRAPH PARAMETERS AND VISUAL FIELD INDICES INPRIMARY OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA PATIENTS
K. Czechowicz-Janicka, Poland
THE USE OF THE TOP STRATEGY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF DIFFERENT DEGREES OF GLAUCOMATOUS VISUAL FIELD LOSS
M. Cwirko
PREVALENCE OF PSEUDOEXFOLIATION SYNDROME IN WROCLAW POPULATION.
A. Jamrozy-Witkowska, Poland
AGE-RELATED CHARACTERISTICS OF THE UVEOSCLERAL OUTFLOW
N. Kossykh, Russia
A STUDY OF AQUEOUS VEINS IN NORMAL PATIENTS- "THE FASCINATING WAYS OF A CIENTIFIC DISCOVERING"
C. Lauretti, Brazil
NERVE FIBER ANALYSIS FOR GLAUCOMA SUSPECTS WITH THE SCANNING LASER POLARIMETER
J. Jimenez-Roman, Mexico
COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN DRAEGER TONOMETER APPLANATION TONOMETRY AND DIRECT MANOMETRY IN A BUPHTHALMIC EYE
A. Lauretti, Brazil
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF GLAUCOMA IN WROCLAW POPULATION
R. Kaczmarek, , Poland
0,005% LATANOPROST AND RETINAL BLOOD FLOW
H. Erdogan, Turkey
THE EFFECT OF PSEUDOEXFOLIATION SYNDROME ONTO TEAR FILM FUNCTIONS
H. Erdogan, Turkey
THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS TO ENSURE AQUEOUS OUTFLOW THROUGH SCHLEMM'S CANAL IN DEEP SCLERECTOMY
K. Kotliar, Germany
DORZOLAMIDE AND SUBEPITHELIAL INFILTRATES
I.M. Lanzl, Munich, Germany
INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ANALYSIS AFTER SCLERAL BUCKLING SURGERY
R. Jorge, Brazil
AXONAL LOSS IN EVOLVING OPTIC ATROPHY: STUDY BY LASER SCANNING POLARIMETRY
K. Landau, F. M. Meier, P. Bernasconi, J. Stürmer and M. J. Caubergh, Switzerland
TRABECULECTOMY WITH RELEASABLE SUTURES, TWO YEARS FOLLOW UP OF INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE AND GLAUCOMA THERAPY
J. Hornova, Czech Republic
POSITIVE SEIDEL TEST AFTER TRABECULECTOMY
M.L. Habib, Brazil
FREQUENCY OF EXTRACTION RELEASABLE SUTURES AFTER TRABECULECTOMY
J. Hornova, Czech Republic
COMPLICATIONS AFTER MOLTENO IMPLANT SURGERY IN NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA
B. Anguelov, Sofia, Bulgaria
THERAPEUTIC APPROACH OF OCULAR HYPOTONY SECONDARY TO PRIMARY CILIARY BODY DETACHMENT
S. Cronemberger, Brazil
THE HISTORY OF GLAUCOMA RESEARCH AND PRAGUE
H. Kraus, Czech Republic
PROGRESSIVE GLAUCOMATOUS OPTIC NEUROTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
A.U. Bayer, N. Othmar, M.D Keller, Germany
HIGH PREVALENCE OF GLAUCOMA IN PATIENTS WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
A.U. Bayer, N. Othmar, M.D Keller, Germany
LONG-TERM OUTCOMES AFTER GLAUCOMA AHMED VALVE IMPLANTATION
H. Koziol, Katowice, Poland
HEIDELBERG RETINA TOMOGRAPH (HRT) ASSESSMENT FOR MONITORING GLAUCOMATOUA DAMAGE IN POAG PATIENTS
H. Koziol, Katowice, Poland
EFFECT OF PUPILLARY SIZE ON RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS AS MEASURED BY SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY
B. Leal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
RESEARCH OF EFFICIENCY 1Å OPHTHALMOLOGY SUSPENSION OF BRINZOLAMIDE AT TREATMENT OF THE PATIENTS WITH OPEN-ANGEL GLAUCOMA
E.A. Egorov, Russia
NOVEL METHOD OF PROPHYLAXIS SCARRING FISTULA AT TRABECULECTOMY
A. Bessmertny, Russia
THE PREVALENCE OF GLAUCOMA IN PATIENTS WITH SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME
S. Eitan, Haifa
HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND OF THE ANTERIOR SEGMENT IN CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA.
O. Geyer, Haifa, Israel
THE EVALUATION OF THE CIRCULATORY-RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY AFTER TOPICAL ADMINISTRATION OF 1% AND 2% SOLUTION OF CARTEOLOL AMONG PATIENTS WITH OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA
P. Jurowski, A. Kapica, R. Gos, A. Gos, Poland
MICROPROCESSOR CONTROLLED AUTOMATIC TONOMETER
K. Hille, J. Draeger, E. Rumberger, Germany
A NEW METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MAPPING VISUAL FIELD
M. Goldenfeld, Ramat Aviv G, Tel Aviv, Israel
STUDY OF OCULAR HYPERTENSION WITH GDX AND BLUE ON YELLOW PERIMETRY
G.T. Georgopoulos, D. Papaconstantinou, L. Patsea, M. Alexiou, J. Vergados, D.
Andreanos, P. GOGAS, G. Theodossiadis, Greece
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, Greece

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