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		<h2>Top-Nine of the Russian Glaucoma Conference</h2>
		<h2 class="MR">November 23-25 2004, Moscow, Russia</h2>
		
	
	
		
		<h4>Igor Loskutov</h4>
		<p>The glaucoma meeting 'Glaucoma: Problems and Decisions', was organized 
		by the glaucoma unit of the Helmholtz Eye Research of Moscow, and supported 
		by the Ministry of Health. The invited guest speakers were John Thygesen 
		and Shlomo Melamed. The EGS Guidelines were highlighted by J. Thygesen at 
		the very beginning of the meeting. The pathogenesis, medical treatment and 
		surgery were discussed extensively. Interesting topics were: </p>
		<ul>
			<li>The amount of sex hormones was shown as decreased in POAG for men 
			as well as for women. The estradiol level was decreased. </li>
			<li>Multifocal electroretinogram components and time measurements may 
			be useful in glaucoma diagnosis as soon as they reflect the ganglion 
			cell response. </li>
			<li>Ultrasound biomicroscopical evidence of ciliochoroidal changes<br />
			after glaucoma surgery in children helps in predicting further IOP rise 
			as soon as ciliary body hypofunction recovers.</li>
			<li>The use of pneumotonometry after LASIK and PRK provides much less 
			accurate results than contact tonometry, but in cases of radial keratotomy, 
			pneumotonometry may be of use. </li>
			<li>The endoscopic cyclolasercoagulation procedure is effective in secondary 
			glaucoma in children. </li>
			<li>Non-penetrating deep sclerectomy was shown as possible preventive 
			surgery for ischemic venous thrombosis neovascular glaucoma in a small 
			preliminary study. </li>
			<li>No differences were found in hypotensive effect of non-penetrating 
			glaucoma surgery before cataract surgery and that of combined procedure.
			</li>
			<li>The compliance of glaucoma patients did not exceed the level of 
			34.4%, in other words 65.7% of the glaucoma patients do not use hypotensive 
			eye drops regularly. </li>
			<li>Eighty percent of people 'legally' blind because of glaucoma, are 
			older than 70 and have a glaucoma history of 2-10 years</li>
		</ul>