Abstract
Purpose: To compare the change in lamina cribrosa (LC) displacement in response to intraocular pressure (IOP) lowering in patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG) using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Design: Observational case series. Participants: One hundred eyes of 100 patients with OAG in whom IOP at the follow-up examination had decreased by at least 20% compared with the baseline IOP. Methods: Serial horizontal B-scan images of the optic nerve head (ONH) were obtained from each eye using enhanced depth imaging SD-OCT. Approximately 65 B-scans covering the optic discs were obtained before and 3 to 6 months after lowering IOP. The baseline and follow-up LC depths (the distance from the Bruch's membrane opening plane to the level of the anterior LC surface) were measured in B-scan images from each eye. Main Outcome Measures: The mean and maximum amount of reductions in LC depth measured in the 7 selected B-scan images. Results: Intraocular pressure decreased from 21.2±9.1 to 10.5±2.6 mmHg. The percent of IOP reduction was significantly related to the untreated IOP (P < 0.001). There was a significant decrease in the LC depth at the follow-up examination compared with the baseline value (P < 0.001). The magnitude of LC depth reduction was significantly associated with younger age, higher untreated IOP, higher baseline IOP, and greater percent of IOP reduction (all P < 0.02). Conclusions: Reversal of the LC displacement was observed after IOP-lowering treatment in OAG. The degree of LC displacement reversal was related to the amount of IOP lowering. Financial Disclosure(s): The author(s) have no proprietary or commercial interest in any materials discussed in this article.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 553-559 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Ophthalmology |
Volume | 120 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 Mar |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Supported by National Research Foundation of Korea Grant funded by Korean Government ( 2010-0004210 ) and an unrestricted grant to the University of California San Diego Department of Ophthalmology from Research to Prevent Blindness , New York, New York. The funding organization had no role in the design or conduct of this research.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Ophthalmology