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Ophthalmology and Allied Sciences

Volume  6, Issue 1, January – April 2020, Pages 41-44
 

Original Article

A Cross-Sectional Study of Field Defects in Primary Open Angle Glaucoma Among the Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Andhra Pradesh

Laxmi Sireesha Reddy Pulim1, G Chandrasekhar2

1Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Konaseema Institute of Medical Sciences, Amalapuram, Andhra Pradesh 533201, India. 2Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Narayana Medical College, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh 524003, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/oas.2454.7816.6120.6

Abstract

 

Background: Primary open angle glaucoma is distinctly a multifactorial optic neuropathy that is chronic and progressive with characteristic acquired loss of optic nerve fibers. Aims: Recognizing field defects and disk changes among the patients with primary angle glaucoma. Settings and design: A cross sectional study was conducted in the department of ophthalmology in Narayana Medical College and hospital, Nellore from the period of 2010 to 2012. Materials and methods: Detailed clinical history and evaluation was done for all the patients and noted in the case record form. Intraocular pressure was measured by Goldmann Applanation Tonometry. Gonioscopy was done by Goldmann Three mirror gonioscope. Disk evaluation was done by both direct ophthalmoscopy and slit lamp biomicroscopy using 78D and 90D lenses. Visual field examination by Humphreys automated field analyzer ii –i series standard white on white perimetry, SITA strategy. Statistical analysis: All the qualitative data was expressed in percentages and quantative data was expressed in mean and standard deviation. Results and conclusions: The mean age of the study subjects was 4.43 ± 53.34 years with male preponderance. The most common field defect found was biarcuate scotoma. The most common disk change in the present study was advance cupping with total loss of NRR followed by Inferior NRR thinning and superior NRR thinning.
Keywords: POAG; Field defects; Glaucoma.


Corresponding Author : G. Chandrasekhar