(IGR: 8-2) | International Glaucoma Review #

Flashes from a Symposium on Truths and Myths in Glaucoma: Nordic Ophthalmological Congress

Inefficient health care is unethical. We should remove too many tests and treatments. (A. Tuulonen)
A lot of the current reasoning that certain diagnostic methods can identify glaucoma earlier than others is more myth than truth. (A. Heijl)
The alleged proof for IOP fluctuations as an independent risk for glaucoma progression is rather weak. (B. Bengtsson)
Laser trabeculoplasty is a valuable option as first choice of therapy in open angle glaucoma. (T. Odberg)
The interpretation of the results of clinical trials is always a matter of opinion, and guidelines are therefore as much 'opinion based' as 'evidence based'. (J. Thygesen)