Topographic correlation and asymmetry analysis of ganglion cell layer thinning and the retinal nerve fiber layer with localized visual field defects

English version

Autoři: Alfonso Casado ^aff001; Andrea Cerveró ^aff001; Alicia López-de-Eguileta ^aff001; Raúl Fernández ^aff001; Soraya Fonseca ^aff001; Juan Carlos González ^aff001; Gema Pacheco ^aff001; Elena Gándara ^aff001; Miguel Á. Gordo-Vega ^aff001
Působiště autorů: Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain ^aff001
Vyšlo v časopise: PLoS ONE 14(9)
Kategorie: Research Article
prolekare.web.journal.doi_sk: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222347

Souhrn

Purpose

To evaluate the accuracy of the measurement of the ganglion cell layer (GCL) of the posterior pole analysis (PPA) software of the Spectralis spectral-domain (SD) optical coherence tomography (OCT) device (Heidelberg Engineering, Inc., Heidelberg, Germany), the asymmetry of paired GCL sectors, the total retinal thickness asymmetry (RTA), and the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (pRNFL) test to discriminate between healthy, early and advanced glaucoma eyes.

Methods

Three hundred eighteen eyes of 161 individuals with reliable visual fields (VF) were enrolled in this study. All participants were examined using the standard posterior pole and the pRNFL protocols of the Spectralis OCT device. VF impairment was graded in hemifields, and the GCL sectors were correlated with this damage. Thicknesses of each GCL, the GCL map deviation asymmetry and the pRNFL were compared between control and glaucomatous eyes. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of these analyses was assessed.

Results

Fourteen of the 16 sectors of the GCL and pRNFL were significantly thinner in eyes with glaucoma than in control eyes (p<0.006). Similarly, the GCL map deviation showed a significant difference between these eyes and both the control eyes as well as the eyes with early glaucoma (p = 0.001 and p = 0.039, respectively). The highest values of AUC to diagnose both early and advanced glaucoma corresponded to the average pRNFL analysis and the GCL map deviation (AUC>0.823, p<0.040 and AUC>0.708, p<0.188, respectively).

Conclusions

Although 16 central sectors of the GCL observed with PPA showed good correlation with VF damage, the pRNFL and the GCL map deviation were more effective for discrimination of glaucomatous damage.

Klíčová slova:

Biology and life sciences – Cell biology – Research and analysis methods – Neuroscience – Cellular types – Animal cells – Anatomy – Medicine and health sciences – Diagnostic medicine – Head – Imaging techniques – Diagnostic radiology – Radiology and imaging – Cellular neuroscience – Neurons – Nerve fibers – Ophthalmology – Eye diseases – Glaucoma – Visual impairments – Scotoma – Eyes – Ocular system – Ocular anatomy – Optic disc – Tomography – Ganglion cells

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