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ArticleBMC ophthalmology2025

Assessment of anterior scleral thickness in Turkish open angle glaucoma patients: an anterior segment optical coherence tomography study.

Işıl Merve Torun, Melike Saridoğan

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  1. Evaluation of anterior segment and lamina cribrosa parameters in primary open-angle glaucoma, pseudoexfoliation glaucoma, and healthy controls.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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  2. In vivo analysis of Schlemm's canal axial dimensions in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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Işıl Merve TorunDepartment of Ophthalmology, Medical Health Sciences University, Sultan Abdülhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Selimiye Town Tıbbiye Street, Istanbul, 34660, Turkey. isilmerveaktas@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1948-4810
Melike SaridoğanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Medical Health Sciences University, Sultan Abdülhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Selimiye Town Tıbbiye Street, Istanbul, 34660, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1589-6658

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo compare anterior scleral thickness (AST) in Turkish patients with open-angle glaucoma (primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (PEG)) with healthy controls.

methodsThis prospective study involved 41 patients with PEG, 69 patients with POAG, and 46 healthy controls. We obtained spectral domain anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) images from the nasal and temporal quadrants and made AST measurements of 1 mm (AST), 2 mm (AST2), 3 mm (AST3), and 4 mm (AST4) posterior to the scleral spur (SS). Schlemm's canal (SC) diameter and area measurements were performed using the ImageJ software. The results were compared statistically.

resultsThe average ASTs of the groups did not differ significantly (p > 0.05 for each). The analysis of the nasal SC diameter revealed a significant decrease in the POAG group in comparison with the PEG group, with no difference observed between the POAG and control groups (p = 0.038*). The mean nasal and temporal SC area was significantly smaller in the PEG and POAG groups compared with the control group (p < 0.001** and p < 0.001**, respectively).

conclusionsThere was no significant difference in nasal and temporal AST between groups; however, the SC area was found to be smaller in glaucoma groups compared with healthy controls. The present findings should be supported by further studies.

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Anterior Eye SegmentExfoliation SyndromeGlaucoma, Open-AngleScleraTomography, Optical CoherenceAgedFemaleHumansIntraocular PressureMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesTurkeyAnterior scleral thicknessAnterior segment optical coherence tomographyPrimary open-angle glaucomaPseudoexfoliation glaucomaSchlemm’s canal

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