Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Understanding the characteristics of normal optic discs is necessary for assessing glaucomatous changes in the ...

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the factors associated with development of parafoveal scotoma in early myopic normal tension glaucoma (NTG). A retrospective analysis was performed on 99 eyes ...

Optic disc torsion and tilt strongly correlated with normal-tension glaucoma in myopic patients, according to a study. “Optic disc tilt and torsion were prominent findings in small myopic discs,” the ...

Imaging in Glaucoma Practice The Limitations of Imaging Technology Optic Disc Imaging and Standard of Care References Optic Disc Imaging and Standard of Care Is optic disc imaging considered the ...

Glaucoma is an acquired loss of retinal ganglion cells and axons within the optic nerves that leads to optic neuropathy and results in a very characteristic appearance of the optic nerve head, also ...

Glaucoma is among the leading cause of permanent vision loss in most regions of the world. Damage to the optic nerve fibers resulting from glaucoma causes optic nerve cupping, which results in loss of ...

Glaucoma is a disease that damages the optic nerve, which connects your eye to your brain so you can see. The condition usually is due to your eye pressure being too high. But the "normal-tension" ...

Patients with high visit-to-visit blood pressure variation and who have experienced recurrent optic disc hemorrhages should undergo frequent evaluation for glaucoma progression. Patients who have ...

Optometrists and ophthalmologists are increasingly relying on imaging instrumentation in routine glaucoma practice. Optical coherence tomography (OCT), scanning laser polarimetry (GDx; Carl Zeiss ...

Primary open-angle glaucoma, the most common form of glaucoma, develops slowly and has symptoms that often go unnoticed. Raised IOP is a hallmark of most forms on glaucoma. However, in certain ...