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Flashes from a Symposium on Truths and Myths in Glaucoma: Nordic Ophthalmological Congress

June 2006, Copenhagen, Denmark

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica 2006; S238: 22-24

  • Inefficient health care is unethical. We should remove too many tests and treatments. (A. Tuulonen)
  • A lot of the current reasoning that certain diagnostic methods can identify glaucoma earlier than others is more myth than truth. (A. Heijl)
  • The alleged proof for IOP fluctuations as an independent risk for glaucoma progression is rather weak. (B. Bengtsson)
  • Laser trabeculoplasty is a valuable option as first choice of therapy in open angle glaucoma. (T. Odberg)
  • The interpretation of the results of clinical trials is always a matter of opinion, and guidelines are therefore as much 'opinion based' as 'evidence based'. (J. Thygesen)

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