Eye Elasticity In Patients With Primary Open Angle Glaucoma

Number: 3 September 1, 2019
  • Elçin Aydın
  • Hasan Yerli
  • Sinan Emre
  • Işıl Kurultay Ersan
  • Muhteşem Ağıldere
  • Mustafa Agah Tekindal
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Eye Elasticity In Patients With Primary Open Angle Glaucoma

Abstract

Purpose: The present study was performed to assess elasticity changes in the ocular and periocular structures of patients with primary open angle glaucoma POAG via sonoelastography. Patients and Methods: Forty-three patients 19 male, 24 female; ranging from 45 to 80, mean age, 63.20 ± 2.31 years diagnosed with POAG were prospectively analyzed. This patient group was compared with a control group of 28 individuals 17 male, 11 female; ranging from 40 to 85, mean age, 63.50 ± 1.89 years who had no eye diseases apart from refractive errors. Following an ophthalmologic assessment and B-mode sonography, all participants underwent semiquantitative sonoelastographic analysis. The elasticity of the retrobulbar fat tissue, optic nerve, lens, and retina–choroid–sclera complex RCSC was compared between the two groups via sonoelastography. Student’s t test and the Mann–Whitney U test were used for statistical assessment. Results: There was no significant differences in the degree of elasticity of the ocular and periocular structures between patients with and without POAG. Conclusion: No difference was detected between elasticity levels of ocular and periocular structures in between patients with and without POAG.

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Elçin Aydın

Hasan Yerli

Sinan Emre

Işıl Kurultay Ersan

Muhteşem Ağıldere

Mustafa Agah Tekindal

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September 1, 2019

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Year 2019 Number: 3

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Aydın E, Yerli H, Emre S, Ersan IK, Ağıldere M, Tekindal MA (September 1, 2019) Eye Elasticity In Patients With Primary Open Angle Glaucoma. Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 3 500–503.