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Top-three Canadian Glaucoma Society Meeting
Toronto, Canada, June 20-24, 2009
Neeru Gupta
- A novel method of estimating sclera rigidity was described using measurements of ocular pulse amplitude and sub-foveolar choroidal blood flow volume. Patients with openangle glaucoma had lowest ocular rigidity, followed by normal, glaucoma suspects and ocular hypertensives in ascending order. (Jing Wang, Montreal, Canada)
- Lymphatic vessels mapped in human and sheep ciliary body in addition to flow studies, indicate a possible mechanism by which aqueous humour flows out of the eye. The 'uveolymphatic' pathway was suggested as a novel therapeutic target for glaucoma. (Neeru Gupta, Toronto, Canada)
- Spectral domain OCT measurements of laminar and pre-laminar tissue movement after intraocular pressure elevation in healthy subjects suggested that disc surface changes caused by acute IOP elevation are the result of prelaminar tissue compression rather than backwards displacement. (Younes Agoumi, Halifax, Canada)
