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Top X from the meeting of the International Perimetric Society
Halifax, Canada, September 2000
Bal Chauhan
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Myopic refractive error may exacerbate visual field defects in normal pressure glaucoma.
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Patients with early primary open-angle glaucoma mild reduction in contrast sensitivity prior to defects with automated perimetry demonstrating that diffuse loss is common in this disease.
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Ginkgo Biloba improves visual fields in some patients with normal pressure glaucoma.
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A new simple chart designed to evaluate metamorphopsia in patients with epiretinal membranes showed very promising results.
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SWAP provides an improved level of diagnostic test performance in the detection of patients with clinically significant diabetic macular edema.
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Studies on the effects of vigabatrin on the visual field provided conflicting data and stimulating discussion.
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Objective techniques such as multifocal VEP and ERG were topics of considerable debate and show great promise in the evaluation of functional loss in glaucoma.
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Computer simulation techniques were shown to be useful in the evaluation of techniques to determine visual field progression and the confirmation of perimetric end-points.
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Many presentations continue to show the practical value of SITA and TOP.
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Finally, Professor Stephen Drance, in the first IPS Lecture, gave a thought-provoking view on the future of perimetry.
