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Abstract #25647 Published in IGR 12-2
Correlation between central corneal thickness and axial length in patients with glaucoma and normal eyes
de Assis Pereira Mello PRA; Sampaio Meirelles SH; de Moraes Junior HVArquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia 2009; 72: 497-502
Purpose: To evaluate and to correlate the central corneal thickness with the ocular axial length in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma, primary angle-closure glaucoma and individuals with normal eyes. Methods: The sample was composed of 94 patients' eyes, divided into three groups constituted of 33 eyes of 33 primary open-angle glaucoma patients, 30 eyes of 30 primary angle-closure glaucoma patients and 31 normal eyes of 31 individuals. The central corneal thickness and the axial length were measured by ultrasonic pachymeter and biometry by A-scan ultrasound, respectively. Results: The results showed a mean of 535.1 (mu)m central corneal thickness in primary angle-closure glaucoma group, 520.6 (mu)m in primary open-angle glaucoma group and 519.2 (mu)m in normal eyes (p=0.18). The ocular axial length on primary angle-closure glaucoma group was 22.16 mm and on primary open-angle glaucoma and normal eyes group was 22.68 mm and 22.64 mm, respectively (p=0.13). There was no significant correlation between corneal thickness and axial length in the primary angle-closure glaucoma group (r=-0.085; p=0.65), the openangle glaucoma group (r=-0.070; p=0.69) and the normal eyes group (r=-0.120; p=0.52). Conclusions: The results of this assay suggest that there is no correlation between the central corneal thickness and the axial length in patients with glaucoma and individuals with normal eyes. LA: Portuguese
P.R.A. de Assis Pereira Mello. Rua Desembargador Canedo, 375 - Apto. 502, Muriae (MG) CEP 36880-000, Brazil. paula.raap@gmail.com
Classification:
2.2 Cornea (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)
