“Central corneal thickness in glaucomatous and nonglaucomatouseyes using ultrasonic pachymetry.”
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 9
Abstract
The main objective of our study is to compare the central corneal thickness measured using ultrasonic pachymetry in glaucomatous and non glaucomatous eyes of the patients at Father Muller medical college Hospital, Mangalore India. It has been shown that if a patient has an abnormal CCT, the true IOP level may be masked, resulting in undertreatment or overtreatment of glaucoma.120 Patients were selected and the CCTs of all the participants were measured using ultrasonic pachymetry. The IOPs were measured by using applanation tonometry the mean CCT of the normals was 523.97± 21.90 μ, the mean NTG was 502.96± 11.31 μ, the mean POAG was 518.69± 23.59 μ and the mean OHT was 542.50± 22.71 μ. The study did not find any statistical significance among the four groups (POAG,NTG, OHT and controls).IOP needs to be corrected for CCT before classifying the type of glaucoma.
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Dr Shilpa I N, Dr Norman Mendonca
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