英文标题: The Finnish evidence-based guideline for open-angle glaucoma
作者: 芬兰医学会(FMSD)
出处: Acta Ophthalmol Scand. 2003 Feb;81(1):3-18
内容介绍:
In most patients, chronic open-angle glaucoma is a slowlyprogre ssive disease.Eyes with very high intraocular pressure (IOP>30 mmHg) represent an exception to this and should be treated and followed extremelyintensiv ely. As loweringIOP is, so far, the onlymeans of treating glaucoma, the majorityo f research reports deal with the IOP-lowering effect of the treatment. The primarygoal of treatment, however, is to prevent glaucomatous damage to the structures and unction of the eye.