chapter 1 Alterations of the Optic Nerve in Glaucoma -- LTERATIONS OF THE LAUCOMA Selim Orgül / chapter Peripapillary atrophy -- chapter Axonal transport in glaucoma -- chapter Apoptosis in glaucoma -- chapter 2 Mechanisms of Intraocular Pressure Increase in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma -- ECHANISMS OF NTRAOCULAR RESSURE NCREASE IN RIMARY LAUCOMA Ernst R Tamm / chapter 3 Pathogenesis of Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy (GON) -- ATHOGENESIS OF LAUCOMATOUS EUROPATHY Josef Flammer / chapter The phenomenology of GON -- chapter Conclusion -- chapter 4 Glaucoma: the Forgotten Masses -- LAUCOMA ORGOTTEN ASSES Ghada Ibrahim and Tarek Shaarawy / chapter Our limited resources -- chapter 5 Indications for Intraocular Pressure Reduction and Target Intraocular Pressure -- RESSURE EDUCTION AND ARGET NTRAOCULAR RESSURE Alain Bron / chapter General presentation -- chapter EMGT (Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial) -- chapter AGIS (Advanced Glaucoma Intervention Study) -- chapter Conclusion -- chapter 6 Lipids and Glaucoma -- LAUCOMA Juergen Drewe / chapter Clinically investigated prostaglandin analogs -- chapter 7 Latanoprost: a Novel Agent for the Treatment of Glaucoma -- REATMENT OF LAUCOMA Thom J. Zimmerman, M.D., Ph.D. / chapter Clinical efficacy -- chapter Tolerability/safety -- chapter Conclusion -- chapter 8 Bimatroprost Stefano A Gandolfi -- IMATOPROST Stefano A Gandolfi -- chapter Early glaucoma treatment -- chapter Normal-tension glaucoma -- chapter Conclusions -- chapter 9 Travoprost (Travatan ®) -- RAVOPROST RAVATAN John Thygesen / chapter 10 Pros and Cons of Ocular Hypotensive Lipids -- CULAR YPOTENSIVE IPIDS Norbert Pfeiffer and Jochen Wahl / chapter 11 Cosopt® versus Xalatan® / chapter Dorzolamide -- chapter 12 Influence of Intraocular Pressure Lowering Medication on Vascular Supply -- RESSURE OWERING EDICATION ASCULAR UPPLY Gábor Holló / chapter Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors: acetazolamide, brinzolamide and dorzolamide -- chapter Conclusions -- chapter 13 Non-intraocular Pressure Lowering Glaucoma Medication -- INTRAOCULAR RESSURE LOWERING LAUCOMA EDICATION Konstantin Gugleta / chapter 14 Early Surgical Treatment of Glaucoma -- URGICAL REATMENT OF LAUCOMA / chapter Problems related to early surgery -- chapter 15 State of the Art on Laser Treatment -- REATMENT John Thygesen / chapter Laser treatment for outflow obstruction -- chapter References -- chapter 16 Cyclodestruction in the Treatment of Glaucoma -- REATMENT OF LAUCOMA Ahti Tarkkanen, Päivi Puska and Tero Kivelä / chapter Non-penetrating and penetrating cyclodiathermy -- chapter 17 Combined Surgery for Glaucoma and Cataract:Viscocanalostomy, Phacoemulsification and Foldable Intraocular Lens Implantation -- URGERY FOR LAUCOMA AND ATARACT ISCOCANALOSTOMY HACOEMULSIFICATION AND OLDABLE NTRAOCULAR MPLANTATION / chapter Indication and contraindications -- chapter 18 Trabeculectomy – the Golden Standard Roger A Hitchings -- RABECULECTOMY OLDEN TANDARD RA Hitchings -- chapter Future development -- chapter 19 Deep Sclerectomy (or the Words of Hiraclitus) -- CLERECTOMY IRACLITUS Tarek Shaarawy and André Mermoud / chapter Principles of non-penetrating filtering surgery -- chapter 20 Deep Sclerectomy versus Trabeculectomy: an ‘Unholy’War Stefano A Gandolfi and Luca Cimino -- CLERECTOMY VERSUS RABECULECTOMY NHOLY Stefano A. Gandolfi and Luca Cimino -- chapter Sparing vision -- chapter 21 Glaucoma Drainage Implants -- LAUCOMA RAINAGE MPLANTS J Välimäki,Tarek Shaarawy and PJ Airaksinen / chapter Indications for glaucoma drainage implant surgery -- chapter 22 Controlling Tissue Repair and Regeneration after Surgery: New Treatments and Techniques -- ISSUE EPAIR AND EGENERATION AFTER URGERY REATMENTS AND ECHNIQUES Peng Tee Khaw, Jonathan CK Clarke, Anna L Mead, Tina TL Wong, Alison Cambrey and Julie T Daniels / chapter Fibroblast proliferation (and other cellular activity) -- chapter Fibroblast migration, tissue contraction and extracellular matrix synthesis -- chapter Conclusion -- chapter 23 The Future of Glaucoma Therapy -- UTURE OF LAUCOMA HERAPY E Michael Van Buskirk / chapter Future development.