Kyoung In Jung1, Chan Kee Park2. 1. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea. 2. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea. Electronic address: ckpark@catholic.ac.kr.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate an effective functional strategy for detecting glaucomatous damage of the macula in preperimetric to perimetric glaucoma. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. METHODS: Preperimetric glaucoma patients (n = 102) and perimetric glaucoma patients (n = 88) with isolated paracentral scotoma or combined paracentral scotoma were enrolled in this study. Global and sectoral mean sensitivities (MS) were evaluated using 10-2 standard automated perimetry (SAP) with a stimulus of sizes III (0.43-degree diameter) and V (1.72 degrees), and 10-2 Matrix perimetry with a stimulus of 2 degrees. Ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) was measured using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. RESULTS: The percentage of significantly depressed visual field (VF) points <5% and <1% in the pattern deviation plot was higher with frequency doubling technology (FDT) 10-2 than with SAP 10-2 III in patients with preperimetric glaucoma (both P < .001). Using FDT 10-2 tests, the global structure-function correlation was superior to SAP 10-2 (III or V) in both preperimetric and perimetric glaucoma. Topographic structure-function relationships for each VF test were more favorable with the FDT 10-2 test. The preperimetric glaucoma patients showing VF abnormalities on FDT 10-2 or SAP 10-2 (III) showed thinner average, minimum, superior, inferior, and inferotemporal GCIPL thicknesses than in those without VF abnormalities (all P < .05). CONCLUSIONS: FDT 10-2 was found to detect functional damage of the macula early in preperimetric glaucoma, and to perform better than with SAP 10-2 (size III or V) from preperimetric to perimetric glaucoma in the structure-function relationship. FDT 10-2 can be considered a useful tool to detect glaucomatous damage of the macula early and appropriately.
PURPOSE: To evaluate an effective functional strategy for detecting glaucomatous damage of the macula in preperimetric to perimetric glaucoma. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. METHODS: Preperimetric glaucomapatients (n = 102) and perimetric glaucomapatients (n = 88) with isolated paracentral scotoma or combined paracentral scotoma were enrolled in this study. Global and sectoral mean sensitivities (MS) were evaluated using 10-2 standard automated perimetry (SAP) with a stimulus of sizes III (0.43-degree diameter) and V (1.72 degrees), and 10-2 Matrix perimetry with a stimulus of 2 degrees. Ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) was measured using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. RESULTS: The percentage of significantly depressed visual field (VF) points <5% and <1% in the pattern deviation plot was higher with frequency doubling technology (FDT) 10-2 than with SAP 10-2 III in patients with preperimetric glaucoma (both P < .001). Using FDT 10-2 tests, the global structure-function correlation was superior to SAP 10-2 (III or V) in both preperimetric and perimetric glaucoma. Topographic structure-function relationships for each VF test were more favorable with the FDT 10-2 test. The preperimetric glaucomapatients showing VF abnormalities on FDT 10-2 or SAP 10-2 (III) showed thinner average, minimum, superior, inferior, and inferotemporal GCIPL thicknesses than in those without VF abnormalities (all P < .05). CONCLUSIONS: FDT 10-2 was found to detect functional damage of the macula early in preperimetric glaucoma, and to perform better than with SAP 10-2 (size III or V) from preperimetric to perimetric glaucoma in the structure-function relationship. FDT 10-2 can be considered a useful tool to detect glaucomatous damage of the macula early and appropriately.