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Abstract #66355 Published in IGR 17-3

Estimation of the Disc Damage Likelihood Scale in primary open-angle glaucoma: the Glaucoma Stereo Analysis Study

Kitaoka Y; Tanito M; Yokoyama Y; Nitta K; Katai M; Omodaka K; Nakazawa T
Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 2016; 254: 523-528


PURPOSE: The Glaucoma Stereo Analysis Study (GSAS), a cross-sectional multicenter collaborative study, used a stereo fundus camera (nonmyd WX) to assess various morphological parameters of the optic nerve head (ONH) in glaucoma patients. We examined the associations between the Disc Damage Likelihood Scale (DDLS), a grading system for estimating glaucomatous ONH damage, and each parameter. METHODS: The study included 187 eyes of 187 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma or normal-tension glaucoma. ONH morphological parameters including the DDLS stage were calculated with prototype analysis software. Three independent graders classified each optic disc appearance into four different types: focal ischemic, myopic glaucomatous, senile sclerotic, and generalized enlargement. The correlations between the DDLS and patient characteristics or each ONH parameter were analyzed with Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. RESULTS: The DDLS was correlated positively with baseline intraocular pressure and visual field pattern standard deviation, and negatively with visual field mean deviation. The DDLS was strongly correlated with vertical cup-to-disc ratio and horizontal cup-to-disc ratio positively, and with minimum rim-disc ratio negatively. The mean DDLS stage in the myopic glaucomatous type tended to be higher than the scores in other types. CONCLUSION: The DDLS obtained through three-dimensional ONH analysis correlates well with the severity of glaucomatous ONH and visual field damage.

Department of Ophthalmology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, 2-16-1 Sugao Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 216-8511, Japan. kitaoka@marianna-u.ac.jp.

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Classification:

6.8.2 Posterior segment (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.8 Photography)
2.14 Optic disc (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)



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