Seminal Ophthalmology Papers - Glaucoma

Iridectomy in Glaucoma - the Glaucomatous Process - Von Graefe 1857 

A New Tonometer – Tonometry – Schiφtz 1905

A Preliminary Note on a New Operative Procedure for the Establishment of a Filtering Cicatrix in the Treatment of Glaucoma – Elliott 1909

A New Operation for Glaucoma Involving a New Principle in the Aetiology and Treatment of Chronic Primary Glaucoma - Curran 1920

New Operation for Chronc Gaucoma. Restoration of Physiological Function by Opening Schlemm’s Canal under Direct Magnified Vision - Barkan 1936

The Aqueous Veins. I. Physiologic Importance of the Visible Elimination of Intraocular Fluid – Ascher 1942

The Formation of the Intraocular Fluid – Friedenwald 1949

Tonographic Method for Measuring the Facility and Rate of Aqueous Flow in Human Eyes – Grant 1950

Malignant Glaucoma - Chandler – 1950

Decrease in Intraocular Pressure in Man by a Carbonic Anhydnase Inhibitor, Diamox a Preliminary Report - Becker - 1954

Pseudo-Exfoliation of the Lens Capsule: Relation To True Exfoliation of the Lens Capsule as Reported in the Literature and Role in the Production of Glaucoma Capsulocuticulare – Dvorak-Theobald 1954

Cortisone and Ocular Tension – Franηois 1954

The Role of Vitreous Detachment in Aphakic and Malignant Glaucoma – Shaffer 1954

Recent Advances and Future Prospects in the Medical Treatment of Ocular Hypertension – Weekers Prijot and Gustin 1954

Angle-Closure Glaucoma; Subacute Types – Chandler and Trotter 1955

Applanation Tonometry- Goldmann and Schmidt 1957

Retraction of Scleral Wound Edges a Fistulizing Procedure for Glaucoma - Sheie 1958

The Pathogenesis of Congenital Glaucoma a New Theory – Maumenee 1959

The Exit Pathway of the Aqueous – Ashton 1960

A Mathematical Formulation Of Intraocular Pressure as Dependent on Secretion, Ultrafiltration, Bulk Outflow, and Osmotic Reabsorption Of Fluid - Barmy 1963

New Methods of Measuring the Rate of Aqueous Flow in Man with Fluorescein – Jones and Maurice - 1966

Traumatic Hyphema, Angle Recession, Dexamethasone Hypertension, and Glaucoma - Spaeth 1967

Trabeculectomy Preliminary Report of a New Method – Cairns 1968

The Cup/Disc Ratio - The Findings of Tonometry and Tonography in the Normal Eye – Armaly and Sayegh 1969

New Implant for Drainage in Glaucoma Clinical Trial – Molteno 1969

Sector Haemorrhage-A Probable Acute Ischaemic Disc Change in Chronic Simple Glaucoma – Drance and Begg 1970

The Normal Development of the Human Anterior Chamber Angle a New System of Descriptive Grading – Spaeth 1971

Fundoscopy of Nerve Fiber Layer Defects in Glaucoma – Hoyt, Frisιn and Newman 1973

Glaucomatocyclitic Crisis and Primary Open Angle Glaucoma – Kass, Becker and Kolker 1973

Effect of Intraocular Pressure on Rapid Axoplasmic Transport in Monkey Optic Nerve – Anderson and Hendrickson 1974

Blood Circulation and Fluid Dynamics in the Eye – Bill 1975

Automatic Perimetry in Glaucoma Visual Field Screening a Clinical Study – Heijl 1976

Valve Implants in Filtering Surgery – Krupin, Podos, Becker and Newkirk 1976

Argon Laser Iridotomy an Experimental and Clinical Study – Pollack and Patz 1976

Some Aspects of the Automation of Perimetry - Fankhauser, Spahr and Bebiι 1977

The Pigment Dispersion Syndrome – Becker, Shin, Cooper, and Kass 1977 

Timolol. A Beta-Adrenergic Blocking Agent for the Treatment of Glaucoma - Zimmeman and Kaufman 1977

The Mechanism of Timolol in Lowering Intraocular Pressure. In the Normal Eye - Coakes and Brubaher 1978 

Ciliary Block (Malignant) Glaucoma – Shaffer and Hoskins 1978

Pigmentary Dispersion and Glaucoma a New Theory - Campbell 1979

Argon Laser Therapy for Open-Angle Glaucoma. A Pilot Study. – Wise and Witter 1979

Progressive Essential Iris Atrophy, Chandler’s Syndrome, and the Iris Nevus (Cogan - Reese) Syndrome: a Spectrum of Disease – Shields 1979

Detection of Glucocortjcojd Receptors in Cultured Human Trabecular Cells – Weinreb, Bloom, Baxter, Alvarado, Lan, O’donnell and Polansky 1981

Long-Term Control of Adult Open Angle Glaucoma by Argon Laser Treatment – Wise 1981

Optic Nerve Damage in Human Glaucoma. III. Quantitative Correlation of Nerve Fiber Loss and Visual Field Defect in Glaucoma, Ischemic Neuropathy, Papilledema, and Toxic Neuropathy - Quigley, Addicks and Green 1982

The Effects of Timolol Maleate and Acetazoiamide on the Rate of Aqueous Formation in Normal Human Subjects – Dailey, Brubaker and Bourne 1982

Argon Laser Treatment for Medically Unresponsive Attacks of Angle-Closure Glaucoma – Ritch 1982

Anatomical Classification of the Developmental Glaucomas – Hoskins, Shaffer and Hetherington 1984

Enhanced Intraocular Pressure Controlling Effectiveness of Trabeculectomy by Local Application of Mitomycin - 1983 Chen

Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome. a Theory of Mechanism and Distinctions from the Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndrome – Shields 1983 

A Comparison of Neodymium: Yag and Argon Laser Iridotomies – Robin and Pollack 1984

Pilocarpine Antagonizes Prostaglandin F2 Alpha -induced Ocular Hypotension in Monkeys Evidence for Enhancement Uveoscleral Outflow by Prostaglandin F2 Alpha - Crawford and Kaufman 1987

Histopathologic Findings after Nd:Yag Transscleral Cyclophotocoagulation – Shields, Stevens, Kass, and Smith 1988 

Traumatic Hyphema in a Defined Population – Kennedy and Brubake 1988

Relationship Between Intraocular Pressure and Primary Open angle Glaucoma Among White and Black Americans the Baltimore Eye Survey – Sommer, Tielsch, Katz, Quigley, Gottsch, Javitt and Singh 1991 

Intraoperative Mitomycin Versus Postoperative 5-Fluorouracyl in High-Risk Glaucoma Filtering Surgery – Skuta, Beeson, Higginbotham, Lichter, Musch, Bergstrom, Klein, and Falck 1992

Three-Year Follow-Up of the Fluorouracil Filtering Surgery Study – The Fluorouracil Filtering Surgery Study Group 1993

Glaucoma Laser Trial (GLT): 6 Treatment Group Differences in Visual Field Changes - Glaucoma Laser Trial Research Group 1995

Comparison of Latanoprost and Timolol in Patients with Ocular Hypertension and Glaucoma: a Six-Month Masked, Multicenter Trial in the United States – The United States Latanoprost Study Group 1996 

Five-Year Follow-Up of the Fluorouracil Filtering Surgery Study – Fluorouracil Filtering Surgery Study Group 1996

The Advanced Glaucoma Intervention Study (AGIS): 6 Effect of Cataract on Visual Field and Visual Acuity – The Advanced Glaucoma Intervention Investigators 2000

Frequency doubling technology perimetry for detection of glaucomatous visual field loss – Cello, Nelson-Quigg, and Johnson 2000

Interim Clinical Outcomes in the Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study (CIGTS) Comparing Initial Treatment Randomized to Medications or Surgery – Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study Group 2001 

A Randomized Trial Determines That Topical Ocular Hypotensive Medication Delays or Prevents the Onset of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma – The Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study Group 2002 

The Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study: Baseline Factors That Predict the onset of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma – The Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study Group 2002 

Reduction of Intraocular Pressure and Glaucoma Progression: Results from the Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial – The Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial Group 2002 

Results of the European Glaucoma Prevention Study – The European Glaucoma Prevention Study (EGPS) Group 2005

Frequency Doubling Technology Perimetry with the Humphrey Matrix 30-2 Test – Brusini, Salvetat, Zeppieri and Parisi 2006

 

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