title: Automated static perimetry and nerve fibre layer defects in glaucoma and controls.
abstract: Correlation of psychophysical tests and structural changes is essential in the management of glaucoma. We compared the mean sensitivity and the short-term fluctuation in eyes with and without defects in the retinal nerve fibre layer in 41 glaucoma patients and 40 controls. In the glaucoma group 87.2% of eyes with visual field defects and 42.3% without visual field defects showed nerve fibre loss. In the control group 36.3% showed nerve fibre loss. In manifest glaucoma the mean sensitivity was 10.9 +/- 7.2 dB in eyes with nerve fibre loss and 19.2 +/- 3.9 dB in eyes without nerve fibre loss. This difference was statistically significant. The corresponding difference in glaucoma suspects and controls was not statistically significant. There was no difference between the short-term fluctuation in the three groups regardless of nerve fibre loss.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Autzen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pugesgaard
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Work
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000502:physiology*; D010781:Photography; D011601:Psychophysics; D012160:Retina / Q000503:physiopathology*; D058609:Visual Field Tests; D014794:Visual Fields