Purpose: The paper proves to show the influence of new strategies in therapy of primary glaucoma, on the number of trabeculectomies performed.
Material And Methods: Sex, age, kind of glaucoma and indications to the surgery in patients treated in the Municipal Hospital of Gdynia in the years 1992-2003 have been analyzed.
Results: The number of hospitalized females was much higher than males. 60.34% of them were over 60 years old. In that period 865 patients were hospitalized, 614 with POAG and 251 with PACG. In 163 of them, 124 trabeculectomies were performed: in the years 1992-1997 and 39 in the period of 1998-2003 years.
Conclusions: The decrease in trabeculectomies indicates more and more effective prophylaxis and treatment of glaucoma.
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