Assessment of diurnal tensional curve in early glaucoma damage

✍ Scribed by I. Gonzalez; L. E. Pablo; M. Pueyo; E. Ferrer; B. Melcon; E. Abecia; F. M. Honrubia

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 250 KB
• Volume: 20
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0165-5701
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00212956

✦ Synopsis

We know very little about the relationship between the diurnal intraocular pressure variations and the progression of visual field loss. A prospective study of 149 eyes of 149 patients suffering from intraocular hypertension has been carried out through a minimum period of five years. At least 4 years before the appearance of field defects, we detected significant oscillations of IOP in the 64% of the cases prone to develop visual field loss. Likewise, we have found a statistically significant relationship between the presence of defects in the RNFL (retinal nerve fiber layer) and the existence of significant oscillations of IOP.