TY - JOUR
T1 - Optic Disc Parameters and Onset of Glaucomatous Field Loss
T2 - I. Methods and Progressive Changes in Disc Morphology
AU - Sommer, Alfred
AU - Pollack, Irvin
AU - Maumenee, A. Edward
PY - 1979/8
Y1 - 1979/8
N2 - Serial stereoscopic fundus photographs taken in known relationship to the onset of glaucomatous visual field loss on 12 eyes were intermixed with those from 206 age- and race-matched controls and analyzed in randomized masked fashion. Progressive changes in the size, shape, or contour of the disc, and a newly described parameter, thickness of the nerve fiber layer as it crosses the disc rim, were readily apparent by the time of onset of glaucomatous field loss in all but two abnormal eyes (one case). In the latter instance, direct comparison of stereophotos indicated progressive pallor of the remaining disc tissue. Serial stereophotographs appear superior to fundus drawings for anticipating glaucomatous field loss.
AB - Serial stereoscopic fundus photographs taken in known relationship to the onset of glaucomatous visual field loss on 12 eyes were intermixed with those from 206 age- and race-matched controls and analyzed in randomized masked fashion. Progressive changes in the size, shape, or contour of the disc, and a newly described parameter, thickness of the nerve fiber layer as it crosses the disc rim, were readily apparent by the time of onset of glaucomatous field loss in all but two abnormal eyes (one case). In the latter instance, direct comparison of stereophotos indicated progressive pallor of the remaining disc tissue. Serial stereophotographs appear superior to fundus drawings for anticipating glaucomatous field loss.
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U2 - 10.1001/archopht.1979.01020020106002
DO - 10.1001/archopht.1979.01020020106002
M3 - Article
C2 - 464866
AN - SCOPUS:0018416802
SN - 0003-9950
VL - 97
SP - 1444
EP - 1448
JO - Archives of ophthalmology
JF - Archives of ophthalmology
IS - 8
ER -