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High Tension Versus Normal Tension Glaucoma. A Comparison of structural and Functional Examinations

Authors

LEŠTÁK Ján PITROVÁ Šárka

Year of publication 2012
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Sborník abstrakt. XX. Výroční jsezd ČOS
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field ORL, ophthalmology, stomatology
Keywords Normal Tension Glaucoma High Tension glaucoma PERG PVEP
Description Using the examination technique of PERG and PVEP the autors found, that in the high tension glacomas of varied etiology (PPOAG, PG, PEXG) the damage occurs in the whole optic pathway (from the retinal ganglion cells up to the centers of vision in the brain). Patients with PG had the highest degree of damage of optic pathway. In normal tension glaucoma, howevwr, the ganglion cell layer was relatively normat, but pathological changes were found in the optic pathway.

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