[The dynamic glaucomatous process based on the data from the long-term dispensary observations of patients operated on in the initial stage of the disease].

Effectiveness of surgical treatment of primary initial glaucoma in remote terms has been studied in 179 patients (185 eyes). The period of observation was 20 years. Stable normalization of intraocular pressure in remote terms was recorded in 155 (83.77%) eyes, of them after a single operation in 121 (65.41%) eyes, after repeated operations in 16 (8.64%), after operation and pilocarpine instillations into the operated eye in 12 (6.48%) and clofeline or optimole instillations into the operated eye in 6 (3.24%) eyes. The cause of unstable normalization of intraocular pressure was cicatrization in the area of filtration zone and the presence of synechiae in the anterior chamber angle. Stabilization of glaucomatous process was achieved in 101 (54.59%) of 185 eyes operated on. The fall of central vision was connected with both progression of glaucoma and the presence of associated diseases (cataract, macular dystrophy, etc.).