New concepts in glaucoma surgery

For various reasons, the development of effective methods of surgical treatment of glaucoma is still the goal of ophthalmologists specializing in this area. The cost of treatment, the problems of accuracy and the constancy of the patient’s prescription, continue to seriously complicate the treatment of patients. The authors believe that truly radical treatment of glaucoma is possible only with surgical methods. Probably, in the future, patients do not have to use anti-human drugs for any purpose, with the exception of transient decrease in intraocular pressure. In the upcoming era, hypotensive minimally invasive surgical interventions will be combined with methods of neuroprotection and neuroregeneration.

the number of different minimally invasive methods of surgical treatment of glaucoma increases, and their effectiveness is proportional. At the moment, there are at least 12 methods in the arsenal of an ophthalmic surgeon. The choice of surgical intervention is determined by the individual anatomical and functional features of the patient. However, the assessment of the number of available surgical methods to a large extent depends on their nomenclature. Most of the minimum invasive anti -human surgery are interventions on the outflow of watery moisture and the helmet canal, which is reflected in this book.

The publication will be useful to ophthalmologists of general practice, ophthalmic surgeons, residents and will become a good assistant in the course of making a decision on Tactics for the treatment of glaucoma.