Abstract

Purpose. To study the features of t anatomical and morphometric parameters of structures of the anterior segment of the eyes in young patients with moderate and high hyperopia to identify signs of an increased risk of developing primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) and its acute attack. Material and methods. Clinical material is presented by 58 patients (116 eyes) with the anteroposterior axis of the eyes less than 23 mm. The main group consisted of 33 patients (66 eyes) with moderate and high hyperopia. The comparison group included 25 patients (50 eyes) with PACG. Results. The study made it possible to identify a group with an increased risk of developing PACG from a selected total population of young patients with moderate and high degrees of hypermetropia, which included 19 people (58 %). Conclusion. Comparative analysis of the morphometric parameters of the structures of the anterior segment of anatomically «short» eyes in young patients with moderate and high hypermetropic refraction, on the one hand, and in patients with PACG, on the other, revealed statistically significant differences between them in the depth of the anterior chamber in the central zone, thickness of the lens, the volume of the anterior chamber, the depth of the anterior chamber at the periphery, the angle of the anterior chamber. But, given the 1.5-fold statistically significant difference in age between the groups, it can be assumed that in some young hypermetropes, due to the continuous increase in the volume of the lens, when they reach the appropriate age, a number of indicators can become comparable to the PACG group. Keywords: hyperopia, refractive surgery, primary angle-closure glaucoma, acute attack of angle-closure glaucoma

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