Glaucoma Prevalence and Promising Trends in Surgical Treatment

Introduction. Low patient compliance with drug therapy, diurnal IOP fluctuations, and the possibility of more stable IOP control increase the appeal of surgical treatments for glaucoma.
Study Objective. To review promising trends in the surgical treatment of glaucoma. Material and methods. To analyze the available literature, a search of electronic libraries was conducted using the keywords “glaucoma,” “epidemiology,” and “surgical treatment.” Priority was given to articles published in peerreviewed journals within the 5 years prior to the article’s publication.
Results. Key advances in glaucoma surgery are associated with the active introduction of glaucoma drainage implants, including the development and use of domestically produced drainage devices; Modification of existing surgical techniques and the creation of fundamentally new devices within minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) are being explored, as well as the integration of deep machine learning technologies to expand the capabilities of intraoperative optical coherence tomography (OCT).
Conclusion. The steady improvement of glaucoma surgical treatment methods over the past decades has led to increased surgical safety and, consequently, to earlier and more widespread use of surgical interventions in patients at risk of vision loss due to glaucoma.
Keywords: glaucoma; surgery; glaucoma treatment; MIGS; drainage devices; machine learning
Conflict of interest. The authors have no conflicts of interest.
Funding. Absent.