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Abstract #8315 Published in IGR 4-3
Frequency doubling perimetry in ocular hypertension and chronic open angle glaucoma
Cellini M; Torreggiani AActa Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, Supplement 2002; 80: 24-25
The authors have studied the reliability of frequency doubling perimetry (FDP) in screening glaucomatous disease and in ocular hypertension. The study was made on 30 patients affected by chronic simple open-angle glaucoma (COAG) and 30 patients with ocular hypertension. MD and PSD variations were evaluated after W/W perimetry and after FDP. In the COAG patients, FDP confirmed the perimetric alterations found by the W/W method. In the ocular hypertensive patients, with FDP the authors found a significant PSD increase over what was found with the W/W technique: 4.051 ± 0.822 against 2.501 ± 0.928 (p < 0.001). FDP can therefore be proposed as a valid instrument for screening even precocious perimetric defects.
Classification:
6.6.3 Special methods (e.g. color, contrast, SWAP etc.) (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.6 Visual field examination and other visual function tests)