Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

Analysis of Normotensive Glaucoma.

Dr. S. Ravikumar, Dr. D. Hannah Ratna Priya

Abstract :

Purpose:

To assess the patterns of visual field loss in normotensive glaucoma and to identify the pattern of filling defect seen in FA in these patients.

Materials and methods:

93 eyes of 50 patients with NTG who were clinically diagnosed and monitored in the glaucoma clinic for a period of two years from 2015 to 2017  were recruited in this study.

Results:

Field examination with static automated octopus Perimetry gave typical localized field defects which were found in the inferior hemifield, more with IOP between 16–20 mmHg in majority of patients. FFA of these patients typically showed localized sectoral filling defects.

Conclusion:

A positive correlation has been identified between the extent & topography of absolute filling defects with visual field loss, supporting the hypothesis of vascular mechanism in normotensive glaucoma patients

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Dr.S.Ravikumar, Dr.D.Hannah Ratna Priya, Analysis of Normotensive Glaucoma., PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-4 | April-2018

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