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  • Title: [Follow-up of patients suspected of glaucoma using computer-assisted analysis of the optic disk].
    Author: Funk J, Hakim R.
    Journal: Fortschr Ophthalmol; 1991; 88(3):308-13. PubMed ID: 1889785.
    Abstract:
    The Optic Nerve Head Analyzer was used for longitudinal monitoring of glaucoma suspects. Forty-one patients (76 eyes) were monitored for more than 12 months and 29 patients (51 eyes) for more than 18 months. A significant (p less than or equal to 0.06) decrease in the neuroretinal rim area was found in 8 of 51 eyes monitored greater than 18 months. Thirty-eight of 19 healthy subjects served as the control group. Only 1 of these 38 healthy eyes showed a significant decrease in the neuroretinal rim area (p = 0.04); this decrease is perhaps an artifact caused by the limited accuracy of the Optic Nerve Head Analyzer. From our data we conclude that longitudinal monitoring of patients for glaucoma by means of the Optic Nerve Head Analyzer is an adequate method of detecting ongoing glaucoma damage.
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