PMID: 8600433Mar 1, 1996Paper

Interobserver variation in the measurements of peripapillary atrophy in glaucoma

Ophthalmology
A TuulonenP J Airaksinen

Abstract

The purpose of this retrospective study is to compare the measurements of intrapapillary and peripapillary parameters between two observers and test the usefulness of measuring different types of crescents. Optic disc photographs of 23 eyes of 23 patients with glaucoma and 23 age-matched normal eyes were measured in Oulu and in Erlangen using manual planimetric techniques. The authors measured the following magnification corrected intrapapillary and peripapillary areas: optic disc, neuroretinal rim, cup: disc area ratio, scleral ring, central (zone beta), and peripheral peripapillary atrophy (zone alpha). Twenty-one patients with glaucoma had a follow-up of 3.2 years (range, 1.1-4.7 years), and follow-up for 19 control eyes was 3.7 years (range, 2.5-5.9 years). The measurements were performed in a masked fashion for the diagnosis and temporal sequence of the photographs. Central peripapillary atrophy (zone beta) was statistically significantly largest in primary open-angle glaucoma in both centers (Oulu, P=0.003; Erlangen, P=0.004), whereas normal and exfoliative eyes did not differ significantly from each other. The results for peripheral peripapillary atrophy (zone alpha) and scleral ring were less consistent. Despite statist...Continue Reading

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