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JAPANESE JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
Volume 56, Issue 1, Pages 68-75Publisher
SPRINGER TOKYO
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-011-0093-4
Keywords
Chiasmal compression; Focal loss volume; Ganglion cell complex; Optical coherence tomography; Visual field
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- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23592557] Funding Source: KAKEN
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To evaluate the relationship between macular ganglion cell complex (GCC) parameters and visual field (VF) parameters in chiasmal compression and the potential for GCC parameters in order to predict the short-term post-surgical VF. Twenty-three eyes of 12 patients with chiasmal compression and 33 control eyes were studied. All patients underwent transsphenoidal tumor resection. Before surgery a 3D scan of the macula was taken using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. All patients underwent Humphrey 24-2 VF testing after surgery. Spearman's rank correlation coefficients were used to evaluate the relationship between the GCC parameters and VF parameters [mean deviation (MD), pattern standard deviation]. Coefficients of determination (R (2)) were calculated using linear regression. Average thickness in the patients was significantly thinner than that of controls. Average thickness, global loss volume and focal loss volume (FLV) significantly correlated with the MD. We observed the greatest R (2) between FLV and MD. Examining the macular GCC was useful for evaluating structural damage in patients with chiasmal compression. Preoperative GCC parameters, especially FLV, may be useful in predicting visual function following surgical decompression of chiasmal compression.
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