GLAUCOMA: MEDICAL OR SURGICAL DISEASE? HOW THE PROSTAGLANDINES' S DERIVATIVES HAVE MODIFIED GLA

• 作 者: R.de Natale M.T.Dorigo E.Draghi
• 机 构: Glaucoma Unit A.S.L. 17 Monselice,,University Eye, Clinic of Padua,Pharmaceutical Service A.S.L. 17
• 出 处: 国际眼科杂志
• 发表日期: 2003年01期
• 关键词: glaucoma deeply lowering remark derivative

The outcome of prostaglandines’s derivatives have deeply modified the medical therapy of glaucoma The IOP lowering efficacy of these new antiglaucoma drugs has proved to be superior to beta blockers’s one. This study investigate if the better IOP control achieved with prostaglandines’s derivatives has decreased the need for glaucoma surgery. A population of 2228 glaucoma patients has been studied. A comparison between medical ther-

The outcome of prostaglandines’ derivatives have deeply modified the medical therapy of glaucoma The IOP lowering efficacy of these new antiglaucoma drugs has proved to be superior to beta blockers’s one. This study exploring if the better IOP control achieved with prostaglandines’s derivatives has decreased the need for glaucoma A population of 2228 glaucoma patients has been studied. A comparison between medical ther-