DR. NIHARIKA SINGRI

DR. MEENA GOPINATH MENON

Abstract

Our aim is to study the role of macular ganglion cell complex thickness in detecting early glaucoma in glaucoma suspects. This study included 160 patients and study duration was 1 year. All participants were scanned using SS-OCT DRI OCT Triton TOPCON. Distribution of RNFL mean values in both controls and cases showed that cases had significantly thinner RNFL than controls which was statistically significant (p=0.0001). Distribution of GCC mean values in cases and controls compared also showed a Statistically significant difference among all GCC parameters(p=0.0001). Quadrant thickness analysis demonstrated RNFL inferior and GCC superior as good predictors to determine early diagnosis of Glaucoma. Considering the chronic, progressive, irreversible nature of glaucomatous damage, it becomes important to detect glaucoma in its pre-perimetric stage and technology like swept source OCT(SS-OCT) has allowed advanced macular imaging to play an important role in the diagnosis of early glaucoma