Objective: To investigate the change of proportion of all kinds of hospitalized patients with glaucoma for the prevention and treatment of the disease.
Methods: 3165 cases in our glaucomatous Department from 1990 to 1996 are classified by their diagnosis, sex and age to analyze the changing feature of proportion.
Results: 55.86% of the glaucoma are primary angle closed glaucoma (PACG). Most of the primary angle closed glaucoma (PACG) patients are female over 40 years old. The proportion of POAG is 19.25%, glycocorticoid induced glaucoma (GIG), 4.35%. Young male account for the main parts among these cases with GIG.
Conclusion: The new trends has emerged in glaucoma practice because the very complicated aspects appear in patients, especially in young adults with POAG and GIG of management.