MADRID
Palacio de Congresos
12 - 17 September 2010
EUROPEAN GLAUCOMA SOCIET
SOCIETY
9
th
CONGRESS
September 17th, 2010 - Friday
SPANISH-IBEROAMERICAN-PORTUGUESE (SIAP) SYMPOSIUM
Under the Auspice of the EGS and the Spanish Glaucoma Society
(Meeting Language is Spanish)
DRAFT PROGRAMME
8.30 Introduction. Main Auditorium
9.00 Is there any systematic and orderly manner to examine the glaucoma patient?
ABC in Glaucoma Genetics
How to measure QoL in Glaucoma
Minisymposia I
9.00 Intraocular pressure reading and interpretation of results
9.45  Importance
 Non-corneal error sources
 Alternatives to GAT
 Biomechanical properties of the cornea and error sources
9.45 Gonioscopy. Tips that do the trick (Workshop on gonioscopy)
10.30
9.00 Glaucoma walls and doors
10.30  The corneal wall: thickness and beyond
 CCT: what means in clinical practice
 Viscoelasticity
 New tonometers: how to interpret IOP values?
 The angle door: functionality
 From macro-to-micro anatomy
 Trabecular meshwork cells and their functions
 Drugs and targets: where are we now?
 The laminar wall and behind
 Translaminar pressure
 Vascular supply
 Histopathological changes at short and long term
 The suprachoroidal door: a therapeutic option?
 Pharmacology
 Surgery
10.30 Break
11.00
11.00 Minisymposia II
11.45 Visual Field interpretation
 Top ten points to interpret a Humphrey visual field
 Top ten points to interpret an Octopus visual field
 Artefacts
 New programs for progression: what do they add?
MADRID
Palacio de Congresos
12 - 17 September 2010
EUROPEAN GLAUCOMA SOCIET
SOCIETY
9
th
CONGRESS
September 17th, 2010 - Friday
11.45 Optic disc and retinal nerve fibre layer examination. False and true,
12.30 positive and negative findings.
 Structural tests: error sources
 GDx
 HRT
 OCT
11.00 Imaging and progression
12.00  I prefer events
 I prefer trends
 Short Discussion
 Progression algorithms for GDx
 Progression algorithms for HRT III
 Progression algorithms for OCT (spectral domain)
12.00 Visual Fields: making objective the subjective
12.30  Progression algorithms for Octopus
 Progression algorithms for HFA
 Discussion
12.30 Treatment options
14.00  First line medical treatment: monotherapy or fixed combinations? EGS guidelines.
 Patient profile and treatment choice
 Debate: Why I still do/don´t perform laser trabeculoplasty? Would I be "selective”
or "Classic"?
 Does cataract surgery reduce IOP? Myths and facts
 Long term results in glaucoma surgery: do the different techniques provide different
results?
 Antiangiogenic therapy in glaucoma treatment
 Neovascular Glaucoma
 Filtrating Surgery
Update 17.11.09