PMID- 30541303
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190502
LR  - 20190502
IS  - 1211-9059 (Print)
IS  - 1211-9059 (Linking)
VI  - 73
IP  - 5-6
DP  - 2018 Spring
TI  - The Difference between Ganglion Cell Complex and Nerve Fiber Layer in the Same 
      Altitudinal Halves of the Retina in Hyper-tension and Normal-tension Glaucomas.
PG  - 218-221
AB  - Nerve Fiber Layer (RNFL) measurements in the same altitudinal half of the eye in 
      hyper-tension (HTG) and normal-tension glaucomas (NTG). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We 
      examined both eyes in altogether 50 patients (100 eyes). The cohort was divided 
      into two groups, in each of them; there were 25 patients with average age of 55.4 
      in the NTG group and 54.6 years in the HTG group. The NTG group consisted of 17 
      women of the average age of 55.35 (range, 25-75) years, and 8 men of the average 
      age of 55.5 (range, 32-69) years. In the HTG group, there were 12 women of the 
      average age of 53.25 (range, 34-69) years, and 13 men of the average age of 60.38 
      (range, 37-74) years. The criteria for including the patients into the groups 
      were: the visual acuity at least 1.0 (20/20) with possible correction smaller 
      than +/- 3 diopters, and approximately identical changes in the visual fields in 
      all patients with initial stage of the glaucoma disease; no other ophthalmic or 
      neurological diseases. In patients in the NTG group, the diagnosis was confirmed 
      by means of electrophysiological examination. The thickness of the GCC was 
      measured by means of SD-OCT RTvue - 100, similarly as the RNFL. RESULTS: In the 
      statistical survey of the GCC values in HTG and NTG in the same altitudinal 
      halves of the retina we did not establish statistical significant difference. We 
      obtained the same result in statistical evaluation of the RNFL in HTG and NTG 
      groups in the same altitudinal halves of the retinas. Similarly, even after the 
      subtraction the GCC from RNFL values in the same altitudinal halves of the 
      retinas we did not establish statistically significant difference between both 
      groups. CONCLUSION: The GCC and the RNFL examination values in the same 
      altitudinal halves of the retinas did not establish statistically significant 
      difference that would differ the patients with HTG from patients with NTG. 
      Although, using the OCT, we did not confirm the differences in both diagnostic 
      groups, it does not mean, that these differences do not exist and they may have 
      several causes. Key words: Ganglion Cell Complex (GCC), Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer 
      (RNFL), Hyper-Tension Glaucoma (HTG), Normal-Tension Glaucoma (NTG).
FAU - Lestak, J
AU  - Lestak J
FAU - Pitrova, S
AU  - Pitrova S
FAU - Zakova, M
AU  - Zakova M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Rozdil mezi "Ganglion cells complex" a vrstvou nervovych vlaken ve stejne 
      altitudinalni polovine sitnice u hypertenznich a normotenznich glaukomu.
PL  - Czech Republic
TA  - Cesk Slov Oftalmol
JT  - Ceska a slovenska oftalmologie : casopis Ceske oftalmologicke spolecnosti a 
      Slovenske oftalmologicke spolecnosti
JID - 9600515
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Female
MH  - *Glaucoma/complications/diagnosis
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Intraocular Pressure
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Nerve Fibers
MH  - *Optic Disk/pathology
MH  - Retina
MH  - *Retinal Ganglion Cells
MH  - Tomography, Optical Coherence
MH  - Visual Fields
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Ganglion Cell Complex (GCC)
OT  - Hyper-Tension Glaucoma (HTG)
OT  - Normal-Tension Glaucoma (NTG)
OT  - Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer (RNFL)
EDAT- 2018/12/14 06:00
MHDA- 2019/05/03 06:00
CRDT- 2018/12/14 06:00
PHST- 2018/12/14 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/12/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/05/03 06:00 [medline]
AID - 104407 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Cesk Slov Oftalmol. 2018 Spring;73(5-6):218-221.