TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of macular and optic nerve head parameters in amblyopic eyes
T2 - An optical coherence tomography study
AU - Guagliano, Rosanna
AU - Barillà, Donatella
AU - Bertone, Chiara
AU - Montescani, Silvia
AU - Verticchio Vercellin, Alice C.
AU - Arpa, Cristina
AU - Tinelli, Carmine
AU - De Angelis, Giovanni
AU - Quaranta, Luciano
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Purpose: To evaluate morphological differences in retinal nerve fibers layers (RNFL), optic nerve head (ONH), ganglion cell complex (GCC), and macular thickness between amblyopic and normal eyes from spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Methods: Of 234 eyes of 117 children, four groups emerged: group A (162 eyes of 81 non-amblyopic subjects); group B (32 fellow eyes of 32 subjects with monolateral amblyopia); group C (32 amblyopic eyes of 32 subjects affected by monolateral amblyopia); group D (8 amblyopic eyes of 4 subjects with bilateral amblyopia). Patients underwent SD-OCT for ONH parameters, RNFL, GCC and macular thickness, retina map, and ONH scan quality index (SQI). Two-sided p values <0.05 were taken as statistically significant. (Analysis: STATA v.13). Results: Parameters with a significant difference between groups (p < 0.005) with their Standard Deviation (SD) are presented: rim area, 2.08 (0.49) mm2 in group A and 1.76 (0.68) mm2 in group C; disk area, 2.43 (0.45) mm2 in group A and 2.02 (0.71) mm2 in group C; central macular thickness, 250.99 (19.74) µm in group A and 267.16 (23.52) µm in group C; nerve fiber ONH SQI, 62.82 (13.15) in group A, 51.26 (15.55) in group C, 48.29 (14.37) in group D; retina map SQI, 63.34 (10.34) in group A and 57.34 (9.84) in group C. For other parameters no significant difference was observed (p > 0.005). Conclusions: Amblyopia may influence optic nerve morphology, central macular thickness, and OCT scan quality. RNFL and GCC are not affected by monolateral amblyopia.
AB - Purpose: To evaluate morphological differences in retinal nerve fibers layers (RNFL), optic nerve head (ONH), ganglion cell complex (GCC), and macular thickness between amblyopic and normal eyes from spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Methods: Of 234 eyes of 117 children, four groups emerged: group A (162 eyes of 81 non-amblyopic subjects); group B (32 fellow eyes of 32 subjects with monolateral amblyopia); group C (32 amblyopic eyes of 32 subjects affected by monolateral amblyopia); group D (8 amblyopic eyes of 4 subjects with bilateral amblyopia). Patients underwent SD-OCT for ONH parameters, RNFL, GCC and macular thickness, retina map, and ONH scan quality index (SQI). Two-sided p values <0.05 were taken as statistically significant. (Analysis: STATA v.13). Results: Parameters with a significant difference between groups (p < 0.005) with their Standard Deviation (SD) are presented: rim area, 2.08 (0.49) mm2 in group A and 1.76 (0.68) mm2 in group C; disk area, 2.43 (0.45) mm2 in group A and 2.02 (0.71) mm2 in group C; central macular thickness, 250.99 (19.74) µm in group A and 267.16 (23.52) µm in group C; nerve fiber ONH SQI, 62.82 (13.15) in group A, 51.26 (15.55) in group C, 48.29 (14.37) in group D; retina map SQI, 63.34 (10.34) in group A and 57.34 (9.84) in group C. For other parameters no significant difference was observed (p > 0.005). Conclusions: Amblyopia may influence optic nerve morphology, central macular thickness, and OCT scan quality. RNFL and GCC are not affected by monolateral amblyopia.
KW - Amblyopia
KW - central macular thickness (C)
KW - ganglion cell complex
KW - optic nerve head
KW - retinal nerve fibers layers
KW - spectral domain optical coherence tomography
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U2 - 10.1177/11206721211036811
DO - 10.1177/11206721211036811
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85112280264
JO - European Journal of Ophthalmology
JF - European Journal of Ophthalmology
SN - 1120-6721
ER -