Original articleEvaluation of the Nerve Fiber Layer and Macula in the Eyes of Healthy Children Using Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography
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Methods
This study, consisting of a case series of healthy pediatric patients, was performed at the Gulhane Military Medical Faculty, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara, Turkey, from June 25, 2010 to December 24, 2010.
The study involved pediatric patients with ages between 6 and 16 years, who applied to the ophthalmology polyclinic for a refractive error examination. Detailed demographic data related to the patients were obtained from the parents. Then, each participant was subjected to an
Study Group
The examination findings for 132 children among a total of 162 white children examined during the study met the study criteria. Twenty-four of those 132 patients were excluded because of failure to obtain parental consent, and 1 patient was excluded because the patient did not cooperate with SD-OCT measurements. The average age of all 107 children involved in the study (54 [50.47%] female and 53 [49.53%] male children) was 10.46 ± 2.94 years (range, 6-16). The median age of the group was 10
Discussion
Glaucoma is one of the most important causes of blindness throughout the world and a type of optic neuropathy that leads to retinal ganglion cell loss.26 This disease induces a decrease in RNFL thickness, causing irreversible perimetric loss.18 The diagnosis and follow-up of glaucoma are problematic, especially in children.27 The most important point in the disease is that the diagnosis should be established as early as possible before the perimetric findings arise, and permanent visual loss
Adem Turk, MD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey. He received his medical degree from Karadeniz Technical University in 2001. He completed his general ophthalmology residency at the same university in 2006. His current research interests include retinal vascular diseases and glaucoma.
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