scholarly journals Diagnostic utility of RNFL Thickness and Macular GCC Thickness in Primary Open Angle Glaucoma using Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in South Indian patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 05 (06) ◽  
pp. 22926-22931
Author(s):  
Neeta Sidhan ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 73 (7) ◽  
pp. 618-625
Author(s):  
Marija Trenkic-Bozinovic ◽  
Gordana Zlatanovic ◽  
Predrag Jovanovic ◽  
Dragan Veselinovic ◽  
Jasmina Djordjevic-Jocic ◽  
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Background/Aim. Glaucoma is a progressive optic neuropathy characterized by damage of the retinal ganglion cells and their axons and glial cells. The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences and connections between changes in the visual field and the thickness of the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), using optical coherence tomography (OCT) in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma with normal and elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). Methods. This prospective study included 38 patients (38 eyes) with primary open-angle glaucoma with normal intraocular pressure (NTG) and 50 patients (50 eyes) with primary open-angle glaucoma with elevated intraocular pressure (HTG), paired by the same degree of structural glaucomatous changes in the optic nerve head and by age. OCT protocols ?fast RNFL thickness? and ?fast optic disc? were used for testing. The patients? age, gender, best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), IOP, stereometric and functional parameters were compared. Results. The average age of the examined population was 65.49 ? 9.36 (range 44-83) years. There was no statistically significant difference by age and by gender between the two study groups (p = 0.795 and p = 0.807, respectively). BCVA was higher in patients with NTG but there was no statistically significant difference compared to HTG patients (p = 0.160). IOP was statistically significantly higher in patients with HTG compared to NTG patients (17.40 ? 2.77 mmHg vs 14.95 ? 3.01 mmHg, p = 0.009). The cup/disc (C/D) (p = 0.258), mean deviation (MD) (p = 0.477), corrected patern standard deviation (CPSD) (p = 0.943), disk area (p = 0.515), rim area (p = 0.294), rim volume (p = 0.118), C/D area R (p = 0.103), RNFL Average (p = 0.632), RNFL Superior (p = 0.283) and RNFL Inferior (p = 0.488) were not statistically significantly different between the groups. Conclusion. OCT measurements of the RNFL thickness provide clinically significant information in monitoring of glaucomatous changes. There are no differences in the patterns of RNFL defects per sectors and quadrants between NTG and HTG, measured by OCT.


Author(s):  
Dipak Patel ◽  
Poonam Rana ◽  
Siddharth Dua ◽  
Roshni Patel

Background: To correlate the findings of optical coherence tomography (OCT) evaluation of retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in primary open angle glaucoma, ocular hypertensive and normal eyes.Methods: A 34 consecutive normal, 26 consecutive ocular hypertensives and 40 consecutive glaucomatous eyes underwent a complete ophthalmic examination, including applanation tonometry, disc evaluation, gonioscopy and perimetry. Thickness of the RNFL around the optic disc was determined with 3.4 mm diameter-wide 3D 2000 TOPCON OCT. Average and segmental RNFL thickness values were compared among all groups.Results: Of the 100 eyes enrolled, the mean RNFL thickness was significantly less in glaucomatous eyes (83.165±15.938) than in normal’s (102.42±15.2) and ocular hypertensive’s (100.45±7.38). RNFL, average thicknesses in all four quadrants in POAG patients were significantly decreased compared with the OHT and the control groups.Conclusions: RNFL measurement with SD-OCT could provide important information for detection of early stages of glaucoma. (pre-perimetric glaucoma) as well as help in evaluating progression of glaucoma.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yadollah Eslami ◽  
Sepideh Ghods ◽  
Massood Mohammadi ◽  
Mona Safizadeh ◽  
Ghasem Fakhraie ◽  
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Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between structure and function in moderate and advanced primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and to determine the accuracy of structure and vasculature for discriminating moderate from advanced POAG.Methods: In this cross-sectional study 25 eyes with moderate and 40 eyes with advanced POAG were enrolled. All eyes underwent measurement of the thickness of circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (cpRNFL) and macular ganglion cell complex (GCC), and optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) of the optic nerve head (ONH) and macula. Visual field (VF) was evaluated by Swedish interactive threshold algorithm and 24-2 and 10-2 patterns. The correlation between structure and vasculature and the mean deviation (MD) of the VFs was evaluated by a partial correlation coefficient. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) was applied for assessing the power of variables for discrimination moderate from advanced POAG.Results: Superior cpRNFL, superior GCC, whole image vessel density (wiVD) of the ONH area, and vessel density in inferior quadrant of perifovea had the strongest correlation with the mean deviation (MD) of the VF 24-2 (r= .351, .558, .649 and .397; p< .05). The greatest AUCs belonged to inferior cpRNFL (.789), superior GCC (.818), vessel density of the inferior hemifield of ONH area (.886), and vessel density in inferior quadrant of perifovea (.833) without statistically significant difference in pairwise comparison.Conclusion: Vasculature has a stronger correlation than the structure with MD in moderate and advanced POAG and is as accurate as structure in discrimination moderate from advanced POAG.


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