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CSF pressure and glaucoma: Pro
Author(s) -
JONAS JB
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.2351.x
Subject(s) - optic nerve , glaucoma , cerebrospinal fluid pressure , intraocular pressure , medicine , cerebrospinal fluid , elevated intraocular pressure , ophthalmology , optic neuropathy , fluid pressure , lamina , intracranial pressure , pathogenesis , anatomy , pathology , anesthesia , mechanical engineering , engineering
Purpose The Optic nerve in its orbital is surrounded by cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSF) with the CSF‐pressure. It may therefore make sense to consider the trans‐lamina cribrosa pressure difference of intraocular pressure minus orbital CSF‐pressure to be important for the physiology of the optic nerve head, in normal eyes and eyes with glaucoma Methods The talk will present anatomical findings of the optic disc and results of previoous experimental and clinical studies which may support the hypothesis that the CSF‐pressure may play some role in the pathogenesis of glaucomatous optic neuropathy.