THE EFFECT OF COMBINED THERAPY WITH THE USE OF HISTOCHROM IN PATIENTS WITH THE PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA

Abstract

Objective. To assess the effect of combined surgical treatment with the simultaneous use of histochrom along the sinus trabeculectomy and at the early post-surgery period within the magnetic therapy in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. Methods. The study includes 64 patients aged 38-87 y.o. (50 men and 14 women) with primary open-angle glaucoma in the developed stage (27 cases), and in the advanced stage (37 cases), with moderate or high eye pressure. The 1^st (initial) group included 36 people who underwent the combined treatment: the sinus trabeculectomy with the use of the medicine 'Histochrom' within the magnetic therapy during the surgery and the early post-surgery period. The 2^nd (control) group included 28 people who underwent the sinus trabeculectomy routinely. Results. There were noted in the initial group: the increase of maximal velocity of the blood flow in the ophthalmic artery after 3 and 6 months of care maintaining the normal value of the resistance index; statistically significant improvement in the minimal and maximal blood flow velocity in the posterior short ciliary arteries at all stages of care with a maximum value at 6 months and normalization of the resistance index in the month of. Conclusions. The comparative analysis showed the statistically significant increase of the maximal velocity of the blood flow in the ophthalmic artery and in posterior short ciliary arteries in the initial group compared with the control one.