Comparative Study of the Use of Multifocal Electroretinogram versus Visual Field Testing in Evaluating Cases of Primary Open Angle Glaucoma | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||||
| Article 8, Volume 64, Issue 1, July 2016, Page 328-336 PDF (477.03 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.12816/0029025 | ||||
 View on SCiNiTO | ||||
| Authors | ||||
Noha Mohsen  1; Amany Elshazly2; Hazem Noah2; Hoda Saber2
| ||||
| 1Ophthalmology department, Faculty of medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
| 2Ophthalmology department, Faculty of medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Purpose: to compare between results of multifocal ERG and visual field in cases of primary open angle glaucoma. Methods:30 eyes with primary open angle glaucoma and 30 eyes of normal subjects were included in this study. Humpheray visual (SITA standard 24-2 strategy) and multifocal electroretinography were performed to all included patients and normal subjects. Results:the patients group showed increased latency of the N and P wave of the multifocal ERG when compared to the normal subjects. No difference in amplitude of waves was found between the two studied groups. when comparing different stages of glaucoma (mild, moderate, and severe) according to the mean deviation of the visual field no difference was found in amplitude or latency of the waves produced by the multifocal ERG. Conclusion:multifocal ERG was able to differentiate between patients with POAG and normal subjects in the form of prolonged latency of waves produced, but it was not able to differentiate between different grades of glaucoma. This makes it a good prognostic tool but not a diagnostic tool, where the automated visual field analyzer remains superior in diagnosing POAG. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| multifocal ERG; Primary Open angle glaucoma; visual field; lateny; amplitude; P wave; N wave | ||||
|
Statistics Article View: 149 PDF Download: 231 |
||||
