Changes of the anterior surface of the eye in primary open angle glaucoma.
The paper compares the states of tissues of the anterior surface of the eye in patients with newly diagnosed primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) and healthy subjects. 165 subjects (313 eyes) were followed from 2009 to 2011, of which 50 subjects (100 eyes) were healthy and 115 (213 eyes) were newly diagnosed with POAG. All patients had the following tests: visometry, perimetry, pachymetry, tonography, biomicroscopy of the anterior segment, ophthalmoscopy (direct and indirect), Schirmer's test, Norn's test, confocal microscopy of the conjunctiva and the cornea, optical coherent tomography of the cornea and the lacrimal meniscus, surface tension coefficient of the lacrimal meniscus was calculated. The results obtained showed statistically significant decrease of tear secretion and reduced time of tear film rupture, a change in the tissue structure of the anterior surface of the eye, functional deficiency of lacrimal fluid in POAG patients. // Russian Ophthalmological Journal, 2013; 1:4-7.