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Abstract #13149 Published in IGR 7-3
Therapeutic strategies for normal-tension glaucoma
Orgul S; Zawinka C; Gugleta K; Flammer JOphthalmologica 2005; 219: 317-323
Treatment of normal-tension glaucoma has been a subject of debate for several years. Glaucomatous damage cannot be influenced directly, and current treatment modalities in normal-tension glaucoma are aimed at the control of risk factors. Intraocular pressure is a widely accepted risk factor and its reduction can improve the prognosis in normal-tension glaucoma patients. The repeated demonstration of the importance of hemodynamic factors in normal-tension glaucoma has, however, not been paralleled by a comparable progress in the development of therapeutic modalities capable of influencing favorably ocular blood flow. Today, calcium channel blockers seem to be the most promising adjunctive treatment to be considered in patients with glaucomatous optic neuropathy without increased intraocular pressure.
Dr. S. Orgul, University Eye Clinic, Basel, Switzerland. sorguel@uhbs.ch
Classification:
9.2.4 Normal pressure glaucoma (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.2 Primary open angle glaucomas)
