PMID- 12854055
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20030903
LR  - 20190901
IS  - 0271-3683 (Print)
IS  - 0271-3683 (Linking)
VI  - 26
IP  - 5
DP  - 2003 May
TI  - Long term follow-up of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in eyes with optic 
      nerve head drusen.
PG  - 277-80
AB  - PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of optic nerve head drusen (ONHD) on the 
      retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness during follow-up period. METHODS: 
      Twenty-three non-glaucomatous eyes having clinically visible ONHD confirmed by 
      colored disc photos were studied. RNFL thickness was determined with Optical 
      Coherence Tomography (OCT). Eyes were re-examined after average of 18 months 
      (ranging between 14 and 22 months). Mean RNFL thickness of each quadrant was 
      compared with previous results at each follow-up visit. RESULTS: Mean RNFL 
      thickness was 88.43 +/- 10.2 micron at first visit and 90.35 +/- 6.9 micron at 
      follow-up in eyes with clinically visible ONHD. The difference between the mean 
      RNFL thickness measured from inferior, superior, nasal and temporal quadrant at 
      first and follow-up visits was not significant (paired t-test, p > 0.05). 
      CONCLUSION: The presence of drusen was found to have no effect on RNFL thickness 
      at follow-up visits. OCT may provide a useful means to evaluate and follow up the 
      RNFL thickness in these patients.
FAU - Ocakoglu, Ozcan
AU  - Ocakoglu O
AD  - Medical School of Cerrahpasa, Department of Ophthalmology, Istanbul University, 
      Istanbul, Turkey. ocakoglu@superonline.com
FAU - Ustundag, Can
AU  - Ustundag C
FAU - Koyluoglu, Nilufer
AU  - Koyluoglu N
FAU - Oguz, Velittin
AU  - Oguz V
FAU - Kendiroglu, Gurhan
AU  - Kendiroglu G
FAU - Ozkan, Sehirbay
AU  - Ozkan S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Curr Eye Res
JT  - Current eye research
JID - 8104312
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Nerve Fibers/*pathology
MH  - Optic Disk Drusen/*pathology/physiopathology
MH  - Optics and Photonics
MH  - Retina/*pathology
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - Tomography
MH  - Visual Acuity
MH  - Visual Fields
EDAT- 2003/07/11 05:00
MHDA- 2003/09/04 05:00
CRDT- 2003/07/11 05:00
PHST- 2003/07/11 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2003/09/04 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/07/11 05:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1076/ceyr.26.4.277.15428 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Curr Eye Res. 2003 May;26(5):277-80. doi: 10.1076/ceyr.26.4.277.15428.