PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - , TI - European Glaucoma Society Terminology and Guidelines for Glaucoma, 4th Edition - Part 1<br/>Supported by the EGS Foundation AID - 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2016-EGSguideline.001 DP - 2017 Apr 01 TA - British Journal of Ophthalmology PG - 1--72 VI - 101 IP - 4 4099 - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/101/4/1.short 4100 - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/101/4/1.full SO - Br J Ophthalmol2017 Apr 01; 101 AB - Foreword It gives me pleasure to introduce the 4th edition of the EGS Guidelines. The Third edition proved to be extremely successful, being translated into 7 languages with over 70000 copies being distributed across Europe; it has been downloadable, free, as a pdf file for the past 4 years. As one of the main objectives of the European Glaucoma Society has been to both educate and standardize glaucoma practice within the EU, these guidelines were structured so as to play their part.Glaucoma is a living specialty, with new ideas on causation, mechanisms and treatments constantly appearing. As a number of years have passed since the publication of the last edition, changes in some if not all of these ideas would be expected.For this new edition of the guidelines a number of editorial teams were created, each with responsibility for an area within the specialty; updating where necessary, introducing new diagrams and Flowcharts and ensuring that references were up to date. Each team had writers previously involved with the last edition as well as newer and younger members being co-opted.As soon as specific sections were completed they had further editorial comment to ensure cross referencing and style continuity with other sections.Overall guidance was the responsibility of Anders Heijl and Carlo Traverso. Tribute must be made to the Task Force whose efforts made the timely publication of the new edition possible.Roger HitchingsChairman of the EGS Foundationwww.eugs.org The Guidelines Writers and Contributors Augusto Azuara BlancoLuca BagnascoAlessandro BagnisKeith BartonChristoph BaudouinBoel BengtssonAlain BronFrancesca CordeiroBarbara CvenkelPhilippe DenisChristoph FaschingerPanayiota FountiStefano GandolfiDavid Garway HeathFrancisco GoniFranz GrehnAnders HeijlRoger HitchingsGabor HolloTony HommerMichele IesterJost JonasYves LachkarGiorgio MarchiniFrances Meier GibbonsStefano MigliorMarta Misiuk-HojoMaria MusolinoJean Philippe NordmannNorbert PfeifferLuis Abegao PintoLuca RossettiJohn SalmonLeo SchmettererRiccardo ScottoTarek ShaarawyIngeborg StalmansGordana Sunaric MegevandErnst TammJohn ThygesenFotis TopouzisCarlo Enrico TraversoAnja TuulonenAnanth ViswanathanThierry Zeyen The Guidelines Task Force Luca BagnascoAnders HeijlCarlo Enrico TraversoAugusto Azuara BlancoAlessandro BagnisDavid Garway HeathMichele IesterYves LachkarIngeborg StalmansGordana Sunaric MégevandFotis TopouzisAnja TuulonenAnanth Viswanathan The EGS Executive Committee Carlo Enrico Traverso (President) Anja Tuulonen (Vice President) Roger Hitchings (Past President) Anton Hommer (Treasurer) Barbara CvenkelJulian Garcia FeijooDavid Garway HeathNorbert PfeifferIngeborg Stalmans The Board of the European Glaucoma Society Foundation Roger Hitchings (Chair) Carlo E. Traverso (Vice Chair) Franz GrehnAnders HeijlJohn ThygesenFotis TopouzisThierry Zeyen The EGS Committees  CME and Certification Gordana Sunaric Mégevand (Chair) Carlo Enrico Traverso (Co-chair) Delivery of Care Anton Hommer (Chair) EU Action Thierry Zeyen (Chair) Carlo E. Traverso (Co-chair) Education John Thygesen (Chair) Fotis Topouzis (Co-chair) Glaucogene Ananth Viswanathan (Chair) Fotis Topouzis (Co-chair) Industry Liaison Roger Hitchings (Chair) Information Technology Ingeborg Stalmans (Chair) Carlo E. Traverso (Co-chair) National Society Liaison Anders Heijl (Chair) Program Planning Fotis Topouzis (Chair) Ingeborg Stalmans (Co-chair) Quality and Outcomes Anja Tuulonen (Chair) Augusto Azuara Blanco (Co-chair) Scientific Franz Grehn (Chair) David Garway Heath (Co-chair)