Relationship between the optic nerve sheath diameter and lumbar cerebrospinal fluid pressure in patients with normal tension glaucoma

• Published in: Eye (London) Vol. 31; no. 9; pp. 1365 - 1372
• Main Authors: Pircher, A, Montali, M, Berberat, J, Remonda, L, Killer, H E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.09.2017; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 59/57; 631/378/1689; 631/378/2613; 692/420; Aged; Cerebrospinal fluid; Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure - physiology; Clinical Study; Computed tomography; European Continental Ancestry Group; Female; Glaucoma; Humans; Intraocular Pressure - physiology; Laboratory Medicine; Low Tension Glaucoma - physiopathology; Male; Medical records; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Myelin Sheath - pathology; Ophthalmology; Optic nerve; Optic Nerve - diagnostic imaging; Optic Nerve - pathology; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology; Pressure; Retrospective Studies; Spinal Puncture; Statistical analysis; Subarachnoid Space; Surgery; Surgical Oncology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Tonometry, Ocular; Visual Field Tests; White people

Purpose To investigate on the relationship between the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) and the lumbar cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSF-p) in Caucasian patients with normal tension glaucoma (NTG). Patients and methods Retrospective analysis of medical records of patients with open-angle glaucoma...