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Top-Five of the Russian Glaucoma Society Congress
Moscow, Russia, December 4-5, 2015

Eugeny Egorov, Moscow, Russia

The Russian Glaucoma Society (RGS) Congress, held in Moscow, assembled about 1200 participants. Within the sessions about 100 reports were presented by speakers from 15 countries.

1. Morphological characteristics of optic nerve head in glaucoma patients were highlighted in an honorary lecture by Prof. Vladimir Strakhov. (Yaroslavl, Russia)
2. Prof. Clement Vass shared his experience with the use of modern visualization technologies. (Vienna, Austria)
3. The discussion about the indications for surgical treatment of congenital glaucoma was the keynote of the speech of Prof. Olga Kuleshova. (Novosibirsk, Russia)
4. ClClassification of glaucoma refractoriness and indications for reoperation were presented by the Vice-President of the RGS, Prof. Valeriy Erichev. (Moscow, Russia)
5. An attempt to create an optimal scientifically based system of management of diagnosis and treatment process in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma was made in the report of the young scientists group RGS - Scientific Vanguard. (43 investigators from four CIS countries)