Ön Segment Morfolojisinin, Göz İçi Basıncı ve Oküler Nabız Basıncının İnvolusyonel Değişimi ve Glokomun Bu Değişimdeki Etkisi

Pur po se: To assess the involutional change of the anterior segment morphology, intraocular pressure, ocular pulse amplitude and the\udeffect of glaucoma on these parameters.\udMa te ri al and Met hod: Fifty-five old patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) (group 1), 51 old (group 2) and 84 young\udindividuals (group 3) without glaucoma were included in the study. We measured anterior chamber depth (ACD), anterior chamber\udvolume (ACV), and central corneal thickness (CCT) by Scheimpflug anterior segment analyzer. Intraocular pressure (IOP) and ocular pulse\udamplitude (OPA) were measured by dynamic contour tonometer. Intergroup comparisons were performed for each parameter.\udRe sults: ACD in groups 1, 2, and 3 was 2.77, 2.95, and 3.37, respectively, and was different between young and old individuals\uddemonstrating a decrease with increasing age (p: 0). ACV in groups 1,2, and 3 was 85.05, 89.6, and 127.2 mm3, respectively, being\uddifferent between young and old individuals and decreased with increasing age (p: 0). CCT in groups 1, 2, and 3 was 539.2, 539.5, and\ud556.7 μm, respectively, and was different between young and old individuals showing a decrease with increasing age. IOP (16.4, 15.4, and\ud14,8 mmHg in groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively) was insignificantly higher in old patients without glaucoma than in young individuals.\udOPA (2.5±0.8 mmHg, 2.3±0.7 mmHg, and 1.9±0.8 mmHg in groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively) increased with age, and the difference\udwas significant between young and old individuals. The diagnosis of POAG did not result in a significant difference between old patients\udfor all parameters.\udDis cus si on: Anterior segment morphology, IOP and OPA change with age, while POAG does not affect the involutional changes in\udthese parameters. (Turk J Ophthalmol 2013; 43: 27-31