Glaucoma suspect & Humphrey Field Analyzer a correlation
<p>Glaucoma originally meant "clouded", in Greek.The term glaucoma refers to a group of diseases that have in common characteristic optic neuropathy with associated visual field loss for which elevated intraocular pressure is one of the primary risk factor. The purpose of the study i...
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doaj-c37d59bcf5f2408c9cac9bd1d39774fe2020-11-25T00:47:49ZengCollege of Medical SciencesJournal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal2091-06572091-06732012-09-0181232810.3126/jcmsn.v8i1.68225436Glaucoma suspect & Humphrey Field Analyzer a correlationP Dahal0AP Rizal1DB Karki2Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, Chitwan districtOphthalmology, Nepal Eye Hospital, Tripureswor, KathmanduOphthalmology, Nepal Eye Hospital, Tripureswor, Kathmandu<p>Glaucoma originally meant "clouded", in Greek.The term glaucoma refers to a group of diseases that have in common characteristic optic neuropathy with associated visual field loss for which elevated intraocular pressure is one of the primary risk factor. The purpose of the study is to correlate the clinically diagnosed cases of glaucoma suspect with the Humphrey Field Analyzer (HFA). Fifty cases of glaucoma suspect who attended the glaucoma clinic of Nepal Eye Hospital Tripureswor, Kathmandu, Nepal and who meets at least two criteria, among the four types of glaucoma suspects were advised for the HFA for the study. In this study out of 50 patient, 36 (72%) patients had normal visual field. 14 (28%) patients had thinning of the neural retinal rim (NRR) in both eyes. The significant relation with thinning of neural retina rim and glaucomatous hemifield test was found in the study.</p> <p><em>Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal,2012,Vol-8,No-1, 23-28</em></p> DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jcmsn.v8i1.6822">http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jcmsn.v8i1.6822</a>http://nepjol.info/index.php/JCMSN/article/view/6822Glaucoma suspectglaucomatous hemifield testhumphrey field analyzerneuroretinal rim |
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<p>Glaucoma originally meant "clouded", in Greek.The term glaucoma refers to a group of diseases that have in common characteristic optic neuropathy with associated visual field loss for which elevated intraocular pressure is one of the primary risk factor. The purpose of the study is to correlate the clinically diagnosed cases of glaucoma suspect with the Humphrey Field Analyzer (HFA). Fifty cases of glaucoma suspect who attended the glaucoma clinic of Nepal Eye Hospital Tripureswor, Kathmandu, Nepal and who meets at least two criteria, among the four types of glaucoma suspects were advised for the HFA for the study. In this study out of 50 patient, 36 (72%) patients had normal visual field. 14 (28%) patients had thinning of the neural retinal rim (NRR) in both eyes. The significant relation with thinning of neural retina rim and glaucomatous hemifield test was found in the study.</p> <p><em>Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal,2012,Vol-8,No-1, 23-28</em></p> DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jcmsn.v8i1.6822">http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jcmsn.v8i1.6822</a> |
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