Spectral Optical Coherent Tomography of Optic Nerve in Diagnosis of Primary Open-angle Glaucoma

The aim of the work is to study the assessment opportunities of the optic nerve morphometric parameters in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma of various stages using spectral optical coherent tomography (OCT).

Materials and Methods. 82 patients with various stages of primary open-angle glaucoma have been examined. Objective parameters registration of the optic nerve has been performed by the means of the optic coherent tomograph Cirrus HD-OCT, Carl Zeiss (Germany)

Results. There was determined statistically significant reduction of the dimension and the area of neuroretinal zonule as the glaucoma process progressed.

Conclusion. The use of spectral OCT in the follow-up of patients with glaucoma will let a physician optimize glaucoma management, as OCT technique enables to monitor optic disc changes progressing in microscopic scale.

Shakhalova A.P. Spectral Optical Coherent Tomography of Optic Nerve in Diagnosis of Primary Open-angle Glaucoma. Sovremennye tehnologii v medicine 2011; (2): 159