[Efficacy of combined conservative treatment of patients with initial open-angle glaucoma]

The effectiveness of complex treatment of patients with the initial stage of glaucoma has been studied in 100 patients, aged from 40 to 85 years. The complex treatment included instillations of pilocarpine, pilocarpine in combination with optimol into the conjunctival sac; the usage of agents improving microcirculation, trophicity, metabolic, oxidation-reduction processes in the body and antisclerotic preparations. The analysis of the results obtained has shown normalization of intraocular pressure in 77% and improvement of hydrodynamic indices in 78% as well as improvement of neurotrophic processes in 86% of patients. The rest of the patients required surgical intervention.