METHOD OF PREDICTING EXCESS SCARRING AFTER ANTIGLAUCOMATOUS OPERATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC G01N33/48 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: claimed is method of predicting excess scarring after antiglaucoma operations. In tear fluid of patients with primary open-angle glaucoma concentration of IL-17 is determined and logarithmic speed of its changing is calculated by formula: where ΔlgC_n is logarithmic speed of IL-17 concentration changing, C_n is concentration of IL-17 at given moment of time, C_n-1 is concentration of IL-17 determined during previous measuring, t_n is given moment of time, tn-1 is moment, previous to measuring. At ΔlgC_n less than - 0.02 and more than 0.015, favorable course of inflammatory process is predicted. If ΔlgC_n varies inside given range, starting of excess scarring is predicted.

EFFECT: method allows to increase accuracy of predicting beginning of excess scarring in post-operational period in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma.

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