Glaucoma treatment in Russia

Glaucoma is a chronic eye pathology characterized by increased intraocular pressure, the development of optic neuropathy and visual impairment. Clinically, glaucoma is manifested by narrowing of the visual fields, pain, cramps and a feeling of heaviness in the eyes, blurred vision, deterioration of twilight vision, in severe cases, blindness. Glaucoma diagnostics includes perimetry, tonometry and tonography, gonioscopy, optical coherence tomography, laser retinotomography. Glaucoma treatment requires the use of antiglaucoma drops, the use of laser surgery methods (iridotomy (iridectomy) and trabeculoplasty) or antiglaucomatous operations (trabeculectomy, sclerectomy, iridectomy, iridocycloretraction, etc.).