Professor Mikhail Krasnov 1929 – 2006 AOI Chair L Obituary Zbigniew Zagórski

Curriculum Vitae Prof. Krasnov was born on May 31, 1929, in Shuya (a town in Ivanovskaya region, Russia) Graduated from Second Medical Institute in Moscow in 1953 Training at Helmholz’ Institute of Ophthalmology in Moscow

Curriculum vitae Title of Professor in ophthalmology in 1964 Director of the State Research Institute of Eye Diseases of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences in Moscow 1973 – 2002

Glaucoma mechanisms: Precanalicular (trabecular) versus postcanalicular obstruction (outflow channels – Ashton, 1955)

Glaucoma Research Sinusotomy 1962 Full-thickness 8 mm scleral resection over Schlemm’s canal Subconjunctival filtration May be limited to deep scleral excision only Could be combined with trabeculotomy or trabeculectomy in cases of trabecular obstruction Externalization of Schlemm's canal (sinusotomy) Br J Ophthalmol 1968

Non-penetrating surgery - history Sinusotomy – Krasnov 1962 Trabeculectomy – Cairns, Watson 1968 Non-perforating trabeculectomy – Zimmerman 1978 Penetrating deep sclerectomy – Fyodorov 1982 Non-penetrating deep sclerectomy – Kozlov 1985 NPDS with implant - Kozlov 1987 Viscocanalostomy - Stegmann 1993

Glaucoma Research Microsurgery of glaucoma. Indications and choice of techniques. Am J Ophthalmol 1969 Dual-observation gonioscope. Am J Ophthalmol 1970 Iridocyclo-retraction in narrow-angle glaucoma. Br J Ophthalmol 1971 Vestn Oftalmol 1973

Glaucoma Research Laseropuncture of anterior chamber angle in glaucoma. Am J Ophthalmol 1973 Cairns JE, Krasnov MM: Iridocyclo-retraction in glaucoma secondary to essential iris atrophy. Br J Ophthalmol 1973 Q-switched laser goniopuncture. Arch Ophthalmol 1974 Trabeculostomy and Trabeculocyclostomy in combined form of glaucoma. Vestn ophthalmol 1978

Miscellaneous Ultrasonic dacryocystorhinostomy. Am J Ophthalmol. 1971 Extrapupillary iris lens in aphakia. Am J Ophthalmol. 1974 Phacoemulsification of cataract with implantation of an artificial lens Vestn Oftalmol. 1975 Possibilities offered by application of vitreophage in ophthalmosurgery Vestn Oftalmol. 1976

Miscellaneous Technique of implantation of extrapupillary iris lens: 8 years of clinical experience BJO 1977 Fluorescence angiography in laser therapy of retinal vein thrombosis Vestn Oftalmol 1976 Some significant events that occurred in ophthalmology during the last 20 years Vestn Oftalmol 2004 Microsurgery, phacoemulsification of cataract, Refractive surgery, soft contact lenses Glaucoma research – optic neuropathy Vitrectomy

Over 400 publications (172 cited in Medline) Author of 6 books, including „Microsurgery of Glaucoma” (Thieme 1977, Mosby 1979) Editor-in-chief of Vestnik Ophthalmologii 1966-2005 Member of Editorial Boards of 5 foreign journals including Annals of Ophthalmology 38 inventions patented in 13 countries 5x State and Governement prizes for scientific achievements in USSR and Russia

Prof. Krasnov was the first surgeon implanting IOLs in the USSR The first surgeon in the world applying laser in ophthalmology Passed away on June 24, 2006 in Moscow He will be remembered as one of the most influencing Russian ophthalmologists of the second half of XXth century