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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

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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SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2001
08:30-10:00 
SURGERY III - TRABECULECTOMY, ANTI METABOLITES
Chairperson: 
E.L. Greve, The Netherlands
Co-Moderators: 
D. Johnson, USA
K. Singh, USA
Hall A
08:30  THE LONG TERM OUTCOME OF GLAUCOMA FILTRATION SURGERY
D.H. Johnson, C.E. Park, J.E. Oliver, M.G. Hattenhauer, D.O. Hodge, USA
 
08:40  SMALL INCISION TRABECULECTOMY AVOIDING TENONS CAPSULE: TWO YEARS MINIMUM FOLLOW UP
F. Lerner, I. Lischinsky and R. Masini, Argentina
 
08:50  INITIAL MINI-TRABECULECTOMY - MID-TERM FOLLOW -UP
A. Ophir, Israel
 
09:00  EFFICACY AND LONG TERM EFFECTS OF DIFFUSE INTRA-OPERATIVE APPLICATION OF MITOMYCIN C
J. Freedman, USA
 
09:10  ULTRASOUND BIOMICROSCOPY AND FILTERING ZONE RECONSTRUCTION AFTER GLAUCOMA SURGERY
D. Ivanov, Russia
 
09:20  PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY TO CONTROL FIBROSIS IN HUMAN GLAUCOMATOUS EYES AFTER TRABECULECTOMY
S. Grisanti, Germany
 
09:30  DETERMINATION OF MITOMYCIN C LEVEL IN TENON, TRABECULAR TISSUE AND AQUEOUS AFTER TOPICAL ADMINISTRATION DURING GLAUCOMA FILTERING SURGERY
B.A. Lim, Australia
 
09:40  NEEDLE REVISION OF FAILED FILTERING BLEBS AUGMENTED WITH SUBCONJUNCTIVAL INJECTION OF MITOMYCIN C
J. Ben Simon, Tel Aviv, USA
 
09:50  Discussion  
10:00  Coffee Break  
08:30-10:00 
NEW DIAGNOSTIC METHODOLOGIES, VISUAL FUNCTION AND PERIMETRY
Chairperson: 
G. L. Spaeth, USA
Co-Moderator:
H. G. Lemij, The Netherlands
Hall B
08:30  UNDERESTIMATION OF IOP MONITORING IN LOW-TENSION GLAUCOMA
J.F. Casiraghi, R. Sampaolesi, A. Sanseau, Argentina
 
08:39  TELEMATIC ASSISTED SELFTONOMETRY
G. Michelson, Germany
 
08:48  A PRACTICAL METHOD TO SCREEN FOR GLAUCOMA IN THE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE
R. Zeimer, USA
 
08:57  DIFFERENTIATION OF GLAUCOMA TYPES, EARLY DETECTION AND FOLLOW UP - APPLICATION OF THE NEW AUTOMATIC TONOMETER
K. Hille, J. Draeger, C. Erb, M. Klemm, Germany
 
09:06  COMPARISON OF DIURNAL INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE CURVES OBTAINED WITH THE OCUTON-S SELF-TONOMETER AND THE GOLDMANN TONOMETER
P. Kothy, G. Hollo, Hungary
 
09:24  INCREASED LONG TERM VARIABILITY PREDICTS THE LOCATION OF FUTURE DEFECTS IN GLAUCOMA SUSPECTS
E.Z. Blumenthal, P.A. Sample, C.C. Berry, J.P. Pascual, C. Bowd, L. Zangwill, N. Weinreb, Israel
 
09:33  BATTERY OF FUNCTIONAL TESTS TO EARLY DETECT THE PROGRESSION OF GLAUCOMATOUS OPTIC NEUROPATHY
A.U. Bayer, Germany
 
09:42 NEW METHOD OF EVALUATING THE SEVERITY OF GLAUCOMA
G. Spaeth, USA
 
09:51  PREVALENCE OF GLAUCOMATOUS SWAP FIELDS IN OCULAR HYPERTENSION
N. Reus, The Netherlands
 
10:00  Coffee Break  
10:30-12:30 
ASIAN-OCEANIC GLAUCOMA SOCIETY & SOUTHEAST GLAUCOMA INTEREST GROUP
Chairperson:
M. Aquino, Phillippines
Moderator:
I. Goldberg, Australia
Hall A
10:30  INTRODUCTION
I. Goldberg, Australia
 
10:42  THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ANGLE CLOSURE GLAUCOMA IN ASIAN EYES VS CAUCASIAN EYES
P.J. Foster, P.T.K. Chew, A. Tin, UK
 
10:54  GLAUCOMA MEDICAL THERAPY: LIMITATIONS AND POTENTIAL
Y. Kuwayama, Japan
 
11:06  NORMAL PRESSURE GLAUCOMA: WHY ASIA? WHAT IT MEANS?
T. Yamamoto, Japan
 
11:18  ACG LASER MANAGEMENT: NEW MODALITIES
M. Agulto, Phillipines
 
11:54  SURGICAL DRAINAGE CHALLENGES IN AN ASIAN SETTING
P. Rojanapongpun, Thailand
 
12:06  DRAINAGE TUBES IN ASIAN GLAUCOMA
M. Kook, South Korea
 
12:18 Discussion  
10:30-12:30 
MEDICAL THERAPY II
Chairperson: 
A. Konstas, Greece
Co-Moderators: 
A. Bechetoille, France
A. Mannelli, Spain
Hall B
10:30  AN EVALUATION OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF SWITCHING FROM LATANOPROST/BETA-BLOCKER DUAL THERAPY TO BRIMONIDINE MONOTHERAPY
P.A. Netland, USA
 
10:40  AN EVALUATION OF BRIMONIDINE USE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS PREVIOUSLY ON CHRONIC, NON-SELECTIVE BETA-BLOCKER THERAPY FOR GLAUCOMA
R.J. Noecker, USA
 
10:50  EFFICACY AND TOLERABILITY OF BRIMONIDINE 0.2% AND LATANOPROST 0.005% AS ADJUNCTIVE THERAPY IN OCULAR HYPERTENSION OR GLAUCOMA PATIENTS UNCONTROLLED ON BETA-BLOCKERS
S.T. Simmons, USA
 
11:00  THE OCULAR COMFORT OF TID-DOSED BRINZOLAMIDE 1.0% COMPARED TO TID-DOSED DORZOLAMIDE 2.0% IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA OR OCULAR HYPERTENSION
J. Przydryga, USA
 
11:10  DUAL-THERAPY USING BRIMONIDINE WITH LATANOPROST COMPARED WITH TIMOLOL DORZOLAMIDE COMBINATION THERAPY
P.A. Netland, USA
 
11:20  EFFICACY OF MONO- AND ADJUNCTIVETHERAPY WITH BRIMONIDINE 0.2% AND RISK FACTORS IN THE GLAUCOMAS. A PROSPECTIVE STUDY
E. Gramer, G. Gramer, Germany
 
11:30  EFFICACY OF BRIMONIDINE 0.2% BID WITH DORZOLAMIDE 2% TID AS ADJUNCTIVE THERAPY FOR GLAUCOMA
S.T. Simmons, USA
 
11:40  EFFECT OF DIFFERENT BETABLOCKERS ON OCULAR HEMODYNAMICS, HYDRODYNAMICS AND OPTIC NERVE HEAD BLOOD FLOW IN GLAUCOMA PATIENTS
M. Feucht, L.E. Pillunat, A.G. Boehm, A.S. Bernd, M.F. Mueller, K. Mollenhauer, Germany
 
11:50  EFFECT OF BETAXOLOL ON IMPAIRED CHOROIDAL BLOOD FLOW AFTER INTRAVITREAL INJECTION OF ENDOTHELIN-1 IN ALBINO RABBITS
J.H. Kim, T.W. Kim, D.M. Kim, Korea
 
12:00  LOCAL TOLERANCE AND SAFETY AFTER MULTIPLE DOSING OF DIFFERENT CONCENTRATIONS OF UNOPROSTONE ISOPROPYL IN HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS
P. Bibas, W. Colasante, C. Schwenninger, B. Kapik, N. Shams, France
 
12:10  OPTIC NERVE HEAD PERFUSION IN TIMOLOL AND DORZOLAMIDE TREATED PRIMARY OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA PATIENTS
K.G. Schmidt, V. Klingmueller, B. Ling, L.E. Pillunat, UK
 
12:20 THE PHARMACOLOGY OF AGN 192024 (LUMIGAN), A NOVEL OCULAR HYPOTENSIVE AGENT
A. Krauss, USA
 
10:30-12:40
IMAGING II
Chairperson: 
A. Harris, USA
Co-Moderators:
D.A. Lee, USA
G. Michelson, Germany
Hall C
10:38  SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY OF NEW GDX PARAMETERS
H.G. Lemij, The Netherlands
 
10:46  EARLY GLAUCOMA DETECTION WITH THE GDx
T.P. Colen, The Netherlands
 
10:54  MULTIFOCAL OBJECTIVE PERIMETRY (MOP) IN GLAUCOMA
S.L. Graham, A.I. Klistorner, I. Goldberg, and F.C. Billson, Australia
 
11:02  SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY VERSUS FREQUENCY-DOUBLING PERIMETRY AND CONVENTIONAL THRESHOLD PERIMETRY: DETECTION OF THE PROGRESSION DURING ONE YEAR IN EARLY GLAUCOMA
G. Hollo, A. Szabo, Hungary
 
11:10  ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY AND OPTICAL COHERENT TOMOGRAPHY AT EARLY GLAUCOMA STAGES
J. Lestak, Czech Republic
 
11:18  POSTERIOR POLE GLAUCOMA INDEX (PPGI) AND NEURAL NETWORK AS NOVEL METHODS TO IDENTIFY GLAUCOMATOUS CHANGES WITH THE RETINAL THICKNESS ANALYZER (RTA)
G. Wollstein, Israel
 
11:26  COMPARISON OF RETINAL THICKNESS ANALYZER TO FREQUENCY DOUBLING TECHNOLOGY AND HUMPHERY VISUAL FIELD ANALYZER IN DETECTION OF GLAUCOMATOUS DAMAGE
E. Aloni, Israel
 
11:34  MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AD SPECTROSCOPY IN GLAUCOMA
D.A. Lee, USA
 
11:42  OCULAR BLOOD FLOW IN HUMANS: EFFECTS OF TOPICAL MEDICATIONS
A. Harris, L.E. Kagemann, L. Mccranor, A.M. Capistrano, C.J. Jonescu-Cuypers, P.O. Sinchai, B. Siesky, Y. Rotenstreich, USA
 
11:50  THE EFFECT OF AGING ON OCULAR HEMODYNAMICS AND ON OPTIC NERVE HEAD BLOOD FLOW
A. Bohm, L.E. Pillunat, A.S. Bernd, Hamburg, Germany
 
11:58  OPTIC NERVE HEAD EVALUATION IN YOUNG PATIENTS WITH OCULAR HYPERTENSION USING HRT AND HRF
A. Sanseau, J.R. Sampaolesi, R. Sampaolesi, J. Casiraghi, J.I. Yankelevich, Argentina
 
12:06  OCULAR BLOOD FLOW BEFORE AND AFTER TRABECULECTOMY AND COMBINED TRABECULECTOMY AND CATARACT EXTRACTION - EVALUATION BY HRF
R. Rachmiel, Israel
 
12:14  OCULAR BLOOD FLOW IN EYES WITH PSEUDOEXFOLIATION
N. Koyluoglu, O. Ocakoglu, N. Tamcelik, S. Ozkan, Turkey
 
12:22  Discussion  

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