Held in Jerusalem, October 14-19, 1979
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Basic problems related to subretinal space. - The retinal circulation: past, present and future. The Fifth Abraham Albert Ticho Lecture. - Pathology of the sub-retinal space. - Proteins of the bovine interphotoreceptor matrix. - Pigment epithelium, retina junction and photoreceptor distribution in man and in the horse. Histological, ultrastructural and electrophysiological study. - Retinal re-attachment forces created by absorption of subretinal fluid. - Metabolic factors in the maintenance of retinal adhesion. - Tracer movement across the rabbit retina. - Perfusion of the choriocapillaries through the vortex vein. - Regeneration and metabolic activity of pigment epithelium in vitro. - The biochemistry of photoreceptor cells. Metabolic effects of light stimulation and light damage. - Chemical factors in the intertissue vascular relationships in the developing eye. A preliminary report. - Neovascularization of subretinal space. - Neovascularization, a unitarian phenomenon. - Experimental subretinal neovascularization. - Randomized controlled study of partial laser RX of choroidal neovascularization in the histoplasmosis ocular syndrome. - The treatment of exudative senile maculopathy by red continuous krypton laser (647 nm). - Parafoveolar subretinal neovascularization: feasibility study of argon laser treatment. - Retinal detachment retinopathy. - Subretinal fluid: origin, composition and studies on retinol-binding protein. - Immunoglobulins of the subretinal fluid. Their significance for the prognosis of the surgical treatment of retinal detachment. - Seasonal variations on the Cortisol concentration of the subretinal fluid in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. - Drainage of subretinal fluid. A comparison of external and internal observation techniques. - Compensibility in traumatic retinaldetachment. - Cryotherapy for treatment of lattice degeneration. - Factors influencing the final visual acuity following retinal detachment surgery. - Surgical management of retinal detachment without inducing chorioretinal scars. - Degenerations of subretinal space. - Pigment epithelium and rod outer segment cell-surface interactions in normal and RCS rats. - The metabolic and cellular basis of gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina. - Management of patients with congenital cone deficiency (achromatopsia with amblyopia). - Classification and prognosis in retinitis pigmentosa. - Characterizing the c-wave of the electroretinogram. - Miscellaneous. - The ultrastructure of fenestrations in endothelial choriocapillaries of the rabbit. A freeze-fracturing study. - Subretinal fat and Coats disease. - Binocular diplopia associated with subretinal neovascular membranes. - Pars plana vitrectomy in the treatment of vitreogenic aphakic cystoid macular edema. - A summary of therapeutic possibilities in the chronic retinopathies. Histological basis for hope.