[The choice of treatment method for primary glaucoma patients at an advanced and far-advanced stage taking into account optic nerve tolerance].

The paper analyses results of observation over 100 patients (138 eyes) with advanced and far-advanced stages of primary glaucoma. The choice of the method of hypotensive therapy (conservative or surgical) was made considering the index of intolerance. Stabilization of the glaucomatous process was judged by the dynamics of visual field, hydrodynamic indices and the index of intolerance. In remote terms of observation (from 14 to 18 months), stabilization of the glaucomatous process at both stages of glaucoma in patients treated considering the index of intolerance was recorded in 92.15% of cases. The results obtained allow to recommend the proposed method to be a method of choice for treatment of primary glaucoma.