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ArticleInternational ophthalmology2020

Evaluation of retina nerve fiber layer, ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer and lamina cribrosa in clinically unilateral exfoliative glaucoma.

Atılım Armağan Demirtaş, Zeynep Duru, Necati Duru, Hakika Erdoğan

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Atılım Armağan DemirtaşHealth Sciences University, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. atilimdemirtas77@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6504-8385
Zeynep DuruHealth Sciences University, Kayseri Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey.
Necati DuruHealth Sciences University, Kayseri Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey.
Hakika ErdoğanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Maltepe University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Kayseri Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi · TRIzmir University · TRMaltepe University · TR

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Abstract

purposeTo compare retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GC-IPL), the lamina cribrosa depth (LCD) and thickness (LCT) in unilateral exfoliative glaucoma (EXG) patients with their fellow eyes without exfoliation and control eyes.

methodsThis cross-sectional prospective single-center study consisted of 64 eyes of 32 patients with unilateral EXG and 35 eyes of controls. All subjects were examined with spectral domain optical coherence tomography for the RNFL and GC-IPL measurements. The LCD and LCT measurements were also obtained.

resultsThe RNFL measurements at all quadrants were statistically thinner in EXG eyes than those in their eyes without EXG and control eyes (p < 0.001 for average, superior, temporal and inferior; p = 0.004 for nasal). The EXG group had deeper LCD than their eyes without EXG and control eyes (p < 0.001, for both). The fellow eyes of EXG group had also deeper LCD than control eyes, with no statistical significance (p = 0.058). The mean LCT was thinner in EXG eyes compared to those in the eyes without EXG and control eyes (p < 0.001, for both). The eyes without EXG and control eyes had similar LCT (p = 0.293).

conclusionsRecent developments in imaging technology give the clinician detailed structural information about optic nerve head and retina such as GC-IPL, LCD and LCT. In addition to follow-up of RNFL changes, these new parameters may be useful in recognizing progression in EXG patients.

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GlaucomaNerve FibersCross-Sectional StudiesHumansProspective StudiesRetinaTomography, Optical CoherenceExfoliative glaucomaGanglion cell complexLamina cribrosa depthLamina cribrosa thicknessRetina nerve fiber layer

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