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Original Article

Topographical Analysis of Non-Glaucomatous Myopic Optic Discs Using a Confocal Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope (TopSS)

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Pages 397-409 | Received 20 Jan 2014, Accepted 01 Apr 2014, Published online: 08 May 2014
 

Abstract

Objectives: To show normative data of optic discs and the mechanism of glaucoma in people with myopia. Design: Cross-sectional study. Participants: This study investigated 89 Korean adults with myopia but without glaucoma. Methods: Patients were divided into three groups according to the refractive error: low, moderate, and high; and axial length: normal or below normal length, moderately long, and extremely long. Optic disc variables were obtained by confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope and compared among groups. Results: The optic disc parameters have a correlation between the refractive error and the optic disc parameters such as average depth, volume below, and half-depth volume. Those parameters also decreased as the axial length increased. The thickness of the volume above decreased significantly as the axial length increased, but a similar relationship was not evident with the refractive error change. In addition, the optic disc parameters were analyzed with respect to the 12 clockwise directions. Conclusions: Analyses of optic disc parameters provided by TopSS™ revealed the height of the disc decreased as the myopic refractive error and/or axial length increased. The RNFL bundle became compacted in the thinner disc of the myopic population. This could be an explanation for the fragility of the RNFL in the myopic population. The 12 radial section analyses revealed the shallow cupping at the temporal side in the high-myopic, very-long-axis group. The neuroretinal rim (NRR) height significantly decreased at the superior and inferior sides. These findings suggest that the RNFL bundle should be under high mechanical strain in these sectors.

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

Notes

* All subjects in the study gave informed consent prior to participating. The ethics approval was provided by the Institutional Review Board of Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

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