[The immediate and late results of the combined treatment of open-angle glaucoma].
The paper analyses immediate and remote results after medicamentous-surgical treatment of open-angle glaucoma of stages II and III with preliminary vasosection of facial vessels of the ophthalmic artery basin in 110 patients, aged under 60 years (21), from 61 to 70 (43), above 70 (46). Atherosclerosis of retinal vessels was recorded in 83.6% of patients, hypertonic disease--in 61.8%. The results of a 5-year period of observation have shown that in glaucoma of stage II visual functions remained at the initial level in 84% of patients, and of stage III--in 78.2%. Positive results of vasosection used as a means for improvement of hemodynamics in the internal coats of the eye and the optic nerve after antiglaucomatous operations confirm that, besides antiglaucomatous operations, it is necessary to use a complex of preparations and vasosection, thus improving the hemodynamics of the eye and providing preservation of visual functions.