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Normative data for macular thickness by Spectral Domain OCT in healthy children.
Author(s) -
PEREZ GARCIA D,
PINILLA I,
IBANEZ ALPERTE J,
ASCASO F,
CRISTOBAL JA
Publication year - 2012
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.1755-3768.2012.t022.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ophthalmology , fundus (uterus) , optical coherence tomography , retinal , visual acuity , foveal , optometry
Purpose To evaluate normal values of macular thickness and macular volumen in children without any known retinal disease, using Spectral Domain Coherence Tomography. Methods This study envolved 323 eyes from 323 pediatric patients (138 male,185 female) with ages between 3 and 14 years. All patients underwent a detailed eye examination, including best corrected visual acuity, cover test, slit lamp and fundus examination and refraction after pupillary dilation. Spectralis OCT scanning were performed by the same operador on all subjects. Results The 323 subjects had a mean age of 8,3 years (3‐14) and the average spherical equivalent value was 0,08 ± 0,14 (‐0,06, 0,22). Foveal thickness was 217,08 ± 3,23 (214, 220) for children aged 3‐5, 219,16 ± 3,27 (216, 222) for children 6‐8 , 215,25 ± 2,97 (212, 218) for children between 9‐11 years, and 222,83 ± 3,53 (219, 226) for subjects aged 12‐14 years. There was no significant difference with age o gender. Macular volume values are also presented. Conclusion Our study reports normative data for macular thickness in healthy pediatric patients with SD‐OCT . Values obtained may be useful in screening for retinal disease in childhood.