Zakieh Vahedian1, Ghasem Fakhraie1, Mehrnoosh Ghasemi1, Ali Azimi1,2, Seyed Mehdi Tabatabaei3. 1. Glaucoma Service, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin Square, Tehran, Iran. 2. Poostchi Ophthalmology Research Center, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. 3. Glaucoma Service, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin Square, Tehran, Iran. meh.tabatabaei@gmail.com.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To compare outer macular and retinal thickness in the circumpapillary area in unilateral advanced glaucomatous eyes to the normal or mild glaucomatous fellow eyes. METHODS: Seventy-eight eyes of 39 patients with unilateral advanced glaucoma (mean deviation (MD) worse than -12.00 dB based on visual field 24-2) were included in this cross-sectional study as the cases. The healthy or mild glaucomatous fellow eyes were enrolled as the control group. All eyes underwent optical coherence tomography of the macula and circumpapillary retina by Topcon DRI Triton (Topcon, Tokyo, Japan). Ganglion cell layer 2+ was considered as the inner retina. Total retinal thickness minus the thickness of the inner retina was considered as the outer retina. Comparison between groups was done by paired-sample sign test. The correlation between structural and functional parameters was evaluated by a partial correlation coefficient. RESULTS: Seventeen (43.6%), 15 (38.5%), and 7 (17.9%) patients had pseudoexfoliation, primary angle-closure, and primary open-angle glaucoma, respectively. The mean age was 62.69 ± 12.00 years. Thirty-three (84.6%) patients were male. The outer retinal thickness in the circumpapillary area was higher in temporal, superior, and inferior quadrants (p < 0.05). The outer macula in different parafoveal and perifoveal quadrants was also thicker (p < 0.05). Average outer parafoveal thickness in the case group had a significant negative correlation with MD (r = -0.339; p = 0.035). CONCLUSION: Advanced glaucomatous eyes had a thicker outer retina in the macula and circumpapillary area. There was a significant negative correlation between outer perifoveal thickness and MD.
PURPOSE: To compare outer macular and retinal thickness in the circumpapillary area in unilateral advanced glaucomatous eyes to the normal or mild glaucomatous fellow eyes. METHODS: Seventy-eight eyes of 39 patients with unilateral advanced glaucoma (mean deviation (MD) worse than -12.00 dB based on visual field 24-2) were included in this cross-sectional study as the cases. The healthy or mild glaucomatous fellow eyes were enrolled as the control group. All eyes underwent optical coherence tomography of the macula and circumpapillary retina by Topcon DRI Triton (Topcon, Tokyo, Japan). Ganglion cell layer 2+ was considered as the inner retina. Total retinal thickness minus the thickness of the inner retina was considered as the outer retina. Comparison between groups was done by paired-sample sign test. The correlation between structural and functional parameters was evaluated by a partial correlation coefficient. RESULTS: Seventeen (43.6%), 15 (38.5%), and 7 (17.9%) patients had pseudoexfoliation, primary angle-closure, and primary open-angle glaucoma, respectively. The mean age was 62.69 ± 12.00 years. Thirty-three (84.6%) patients were male. The outer retinal thickness in the circumpapillary area was higher in temporal, superior, and inferior quadrants (p < 0.05). The outer macula in different parafoveal and perifoveal quadrants was also thicker (p < 0.05). Average outer parafoveal thickness in the case group had a significant negative correlation with MD (r = -0.339; p = 0.035). CONCLUSION: Advanced glaucomatous eyes had a thicker outer retina in the macula and circumpapillary area. There was a significant negative correlation between outer perifoveal thickness and MD.
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