Proceedings of the Conference on Subretinal Space, Jerusalem, October 14–19, 1979

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 retinal detachment.- 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.