EC Ophthalmology

Aim: Analysis of the modern publications about glaucoma, it`s etiology, pathogenesis, clinical course, problems of diagnosis and treatment, taking into account the above recommendations and based on the study of publications over the past 50 years.

Materials and Methods: We analyzed publications on glaucoma of the medical platform PubMed for 50 years (1970 - 2019), publi- cations of the “Ophthalmological Journal” and “American Journal of Ophthalmology” for the same period, and data from popular oph- thalmological journals available in the free electronic access “National Journal of Glaucoma”, and “British Journal of Ophthalmology” over the past 10 years (2010 - 2019).

Results: Analysis of publications on glaucoma has shown that for the period from 1970 to the present, there has been a constant increase in interest in the study of all aspects of this disease. For the period 2010 - 2019 increased interest in an individualized ap- proach to the study and treatment of glaucoma. The primary areas of research both in domestic and foreign literature during this period were the study of the theoretical foundations of the disease (33.3% and 26.2%, respectively) and surgical methods of treating glaucoma (20.7% and 17.9%, respectively). At the same time, interest in the surgical treatment of glaucoma from 1970 to the present time prevails in the domestic scientific literature. But its growth rate declined by 2019. In the 1980s, ophthalmologists were most interested in studying the functional status of glaucoma using automated perimetry data; since 2000, the area of interest has shifted towards studying the morphometric parameters of the optic nerve head using optical coherence tomography.

Conclusion: The head directions in the study of glaucoma are the same in Russia and abroad - these are the problems of studying the theoretical aspects of the disease (etiology, pathogenesis) and the improvement of surgical methods of treatment. The data obtained reveal a growing interest in an individual approach to the study of glaucoma. The number of publications on conservative treatment of glaucoma has increased in Russia since 2010. At present, the most promising diagnostic direction is the study of the morphometric parameters of the optic nerve head in glaucoma.

Keywords: Primary Glaucoma; Scientific Publications; Automated Perimetry; Heidelberg Retinal Tomography; Optical Coherence To- mography; Glaucoma Treatment

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