The Results of the Usage of Electro Stimulation in Neuroprotective Therapy of the Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy

Glaucoma  is  a  chronic  progressive  optic  neuropathy  with  characteristic morphologic  changes  in  the  head  of  optic  nerve  and  progressive  death  of  retinal  ganglion fibers with narrowing of the visual field. Effective decrease of IOP is not able to serve as a guarantee  of  stabilization  of  glaucomatous  process  that  continue  to  progress  in  part  of patients. Thus, a search of a new direction of the drug therapy is needed because of the fact that  hypotensive  therapy  is  not  completely  effective.  The  most  perspective  of  them  is neuroprotection in combination with percutaneous electrostimulation that protect neurons of the retina and nerve fibers of optic nerve from different damage factors.