[A method of increasing the effectiveness of anti-glaucoma operations]

The authors have proved the possibility to prevent cicatrization between scleral laminae after antiglaucoma surgery in 16 rat experiments. They analyze late and remote results of 341 surgeries for open-angle glaucoma, 52 of these traditional trabeculectomies and 289 trabeculectomies with placing hemostatic viscose under the scleral flap. The results evidence the efficacy of viscose application: the incidence of complications early after surgery and in the late periods was essentially reduced and a more stable hypotensive effect achieved. The method is simple and available.