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Top-Six of the Russian Glaucoma Society Annual Meeting
Moscow, Russia, December 5-6, 2014

Eugeny Egorov

The Congress, as was planned, brought together more than 1200 participants from Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and other countries (incl. Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Italy, Canada, etc). The Congress had 29 interesting sections and more than 120 reports.

1. Morphological changes in visual centers seen in Alzheimer disease and glaucoma are indicative of transsynaptic extension of pathological process to central nervous system structures in both conditions. (Valery Erichev, Moscow, Russia)
2. Yuri Astakhov discussed the clinical implications of risk factors and particularly the contribution of correct evaluation of objective findings, targeted selection of patients for advanced glaucoma examination, adequate choice of medications and timely referral for surgical treatment. (Yuri Astakhov, Saint-Petersburg, Russia)
3. Blood flow deficiency in retrobulbar vessels plays more important role at the beginning of glaucoma development. (Nataly Kurysheva, Moscow, Russia)
4. Dmitry Sychev reported the mechanisms of tolerance impairment in the course of IOP-lowering therapy and particularly quantitative and qualitative changes in biotargets and effector systems of conjunctiva and sclera cells. (Dmitry Sychev, Moscow, Russia)
5. When using BB + PG fixed combination it is less expensive to achieve ‘target’ IOP-level and the number of patients achieving the recommended IOP-level is higher compared to the other fixed combinations of glaucoma medications. (Alex Kuroyedov and the Scientific Vanguard Group, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan)
6. Under current conditions, the problem of patient’s active involvement in the course treatment is becoming a problem of crucial importance. A patient should be taught of rules and standards of prophylactic medical examination, technique of eye drops and other medications administration, IOP-level and visual field self-control tests. (Olga Kiseleva, Moscow, Russia)

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