[Surgical treatment of glaucoma]

The treatment of glaucoma in the actual state of science is as heretofore a surgical domain. The authoress presents--mainly on the basis of personal observations--the problems of treatment of this disease. Various classifications of glaucoma--from the surgeon's point of view--are discussed, the evaluation of actually performed most important antiglaucomatous operations and indications are presented. One of the best and most elegant antiglaucomatous operations is trabeculectomy. The hitherto existing surgical achievements must be however preserved because there are situations in which the older surgical methods are irreplaceable.