SLT was the subject of a symposium at the recent ESCRS in Paris.
The important outcomes of this were that it is now understood that SLT is not an all or none phenomenon. That is to say, it was thought that once it had been performed, whatever effect it produced that was it. It was thought that if there was only a less than optimal result, then additional medication was required. It is now known that if there a reasonable pressure lowering effect but not to target pressure then further SLT would produce an additive, further lowering. Further it is also known that the amount of SLT required is less than previously thought at each sitting. It is also apparent that a full 360 of SLT produces a greater pressure lowering effect than say only 180.
Full discussion as well as a round of of interesting presentation from the meeting will shortly follow in a full report.

I have been invited as a guest speaker at the Australian College of Optometry National Conference 2010.
I will be presenting the topic “Secondary glaucomas: Facts I wish I had known earlier"
It will be a the Radisson Hotel on Flagstaff Gardens , on Saturday 16 October at 2.45 pm

Attendance is only for registered participants only.

We have acquired the new spectralis OCT. This will be operational hopefully mid June. The spectralis OCT is THE market leader in OCT boasting the highest resolution of all the currently available OCT’s.
This will greatly enhance our ability to detect and follow glaucoma.
It will also of course enable us to detect retinal pathology such as macular degeneration, cystoid macular oedema, macular holes and other pathologies.

I will be presenting a morning seminar to the current group of optometrists, who are undergoing their therapeutics training.
It will be in the Fritz Loewe building at the University of Melbourne from 10.00am to 1.00pm.
The seminar is on the surgical management of glaucoma. It will include discussion on laser treatment as well as surgical options such as trabeculectomy and valve implantation
Attendance is restricted to those optometrists enrolled