[Laser in glaucoma treatment ; 1-year personal experience].
OBJECTIVE
The paper establishes the role of the laser treatment in the complex treatment of glaucoma and realizes a comparison between our clinical results and the results from the literature.


METHODS
Along a period of one year, we have treated a number of 117 glaucoma patients: Open angle glaucoma (POAG), angle closure glaucoma (ACG), normal tension glaucoma (NTG) and symptomathic narrow anterior chamber. The complex treatment consists of medication, laser and/or surgery. To treat the patients, we have used the VISULAS 532 Combi laser, manufactured by Zeiss.


RESULTS
The results are presented in a synthetic way for different pathological entities and different methods of laser treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
In glaucoma, laser treatment represents a step between the medical treatment and surgery and is a very good alternative when the medication in inefficient or is not well tolerated. Our results are, in majority, similar with those from the literature.
Apostol
Silvia
S
Clinica de Oftalmologie Ama Optimex, Bucureşti.
Filip
M
M
Stefan
C
C
Paraschiv
Mariana
M
D005901:Glaucoma / Q000601:surgery*; D015812:Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / Q000601:surgery; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome