Assessment of the anterior segment of patients with primary congenital glaucoma using handheld optical coherence tomography.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate the potential of handheld optical coherence tomography (HH-OCT) in assessing the anterior segment of the eye in patients with primary congenital glaucoma.

Design

A prospective, case-controlled observational study.

Participants

Twenty-two patients with primary congenital glaucoma (PCG, 9 females and 13 males; mean age 4.36 ± 3.4 years) and age-, gender- and ethnicity-matched healthy participants.

Methods

Anterior OCT was performed in all participants using a high-resolution HH SD-OCT device (Envisu 2300, Leica Microsystems, Germany) without anaesthesia or sedation.

Results

Anterior HH-OCT in PCG visualised Haab's striae in 14.3%, uneven internal cornea in 9.5% and epithelial thickening in 11.9% of patients with central corneal thick

SUBMITTER: Pilat AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7005739 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature