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Top-Four of the Symposium of the Bulgarian National Academy Glaucoma Foundation
January 6, 2013, Sofia, Bulgaria
Botio Anguelov
- Glaucoma staging is a precise estimate of patient condition as a prerequisite for better treatment and prognosis. The level of glaucomatous optic neuropathy is comprehensively described by the Disk Damage Likelihood Scale. HRT II allows fast and detailed assessment of structural glaucoma damage, which can be applied to develop a more accurate structure: the based glaucoma staging system. (Anani Toshev, Bulgaria)
- Epidemiological studies, animal models and studies of human tissues suggest a direct link between Alzheimer's disease and glaucoma, but the evidence is still insufficient. Common clinical findings include thinning of RNFL and visual field defects. An overview of the clinical manifestations and visual function changes in both conditions, as well as some common pathological pathways is provided. (Radouil Tzekov, USA)
- There is a statistically significant high correlation between the thickness of GCC and RNFL obtained with optical coherence tomography in glaucoma patients. In all patients there was good correspondence between localized GCC defects and affected sectors of RNFL and also between anatomically connected hemispheres of GCC and visual field. Evaluation of GCC seems to be a valuable addition to RNFL thickness measurements for the improvement of diagnostic accuracy and precise determination of glaucoma changes. (Kremena Petrova, Bulgaria)
- Two types of surgical procedures were performed in patients with advanced open-angle glaucoma: First group - single-step placement of two different implants - Ex-PRESS® and Ologen™; and second group - revision with Ologen™ in eyes previously operated with Ex-PRESS®. Postoperative results indicate that our new surgical approach with using these two different implants which have different mechanisms of action can be an alternative to the trabeculectomy and the single placement of each of them. (Botio Anguelov, Bulgaria)
