Effect of Therapy on Choroidal Thickness in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

• Published in: Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging Vol. 49; no. 11; pp. 846 - 851
• Main Authors: Uslu, Hasim, Kanra, Ayşe Yağmur, Cetintas, Gulgun, Tatar, Mehmet Gurkan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States SLACK INCORPORATED 01.11.2018
• Subjects: Air flow; Continuous positive airway pressure; Eye (anatomy); Fovea; Glaucoma; Hospitals; Hypoxia; Medical imaging; Optical Coherence Tomography; Optics; Patients; Retina; Sleep; Sleep apnea; Therapy; Thoracic surgery; Tomography; Istanbul Turkey; Turkey

To evaluate effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy on choroidal thickness in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Thirty distinct eyes of 30 patients with OSAS were evaluated right before and 12 months after CPAP treatment in this prospective observational stu...