Effect of Sensitivity Disparity Between the Two Eyes on Pointwise Monocular Sensitivity Under Binocular Viewing in Patients With Glaucoma. 2021

Akemi Wakayama, and Hiroki Nomoto, and Yasutaka Chiba, and Chota Matsumoto, and Shunji Kusaka
Department of Ophthalmology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine.

A difference between monocular sensitivities measured with and without occlusion was observed in glaucoma. Monocular sensitivity without occlusion could have been affected differently by binocular interaction due to the sensitivity disparity between both eyes. To investigate the influence of sensitivity disparity between both eyes on visual field results under binocular viewing in glaucoma. Thirteen glaucoma patients tested by Humphrey Field Analyzer (HFA) and imo were reviewed retrospectively. On the basis of their HFA results, we defined the eye with a better HFA-MD as "the better eye" and the fellow eye with a worse HFA-MD as "the worse eye." Depending on the pointwise pattern deviation (PD) of both eyes, all evaluated test points were classified into 4 groups: normal PD in both eyes (N/N), normal PD in the better eye but abnormal in the worse eye (N/A), abnormal PD in the better eye but normal in the worse eye (A/N), and abnormal PD in both eyes (A/A). Using imo, which can measure sensitivity with and without occluding the nontested eye, the better eye's sensitivities with and without occlusion were compared in each group using weighted data. The weight was derived by applying the inverse probability weighting. Monocular sensitivity without occlusion was higher than that with occlusion in N/N (P<0.01) and the opposite was observed in A/A (P<0.05). No significant sensitivity difference between both conditions was seen in N/A or A/N. In N/A, the points showing a higher sensitivity without occlusion decreased as the sensitivity difference between both eyes increased. A difference between sensitivities measured with and without occlusion was observed in glaucoma. Owing to the sensitivity disparity between both eyes, monocular sensitivity without occlusion could have been affected differently by binocular interaction.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007429 Intraocular Pressure The pressure of the fluids in the eye. Ocular Tension,Intraocular Pressures,Ocular Tensions,Pressure, Intraocular,Pressures, Intraocular,Tension, Ocular,Tensions, Ocular
D005901 Glaucoma An ocular disease, occurring in many forms, having as its primary characteristics an unstable or a sustained increase in the intraocular pressure which the eye cannot withstand without damage to its structure or impairment of its function. The consequences of the increased pressure may be manifested in a variety of symptoms, depending upon type and severity, such as excavation of the optic disk, hardness of the eyeball, corneal anesthesia, reduced visual acuity, seeing of colored halos around lights, disturbed dark adaptation, visual field defects, and headaches. (Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed) Glaucomas
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D014794 Visual Fields The total area or space visible in a person's peripheral vision with the eye looking straightforward. Field, Visual,Fields, Visual,Visual Field
D015348 Vision, Binocular The blending of separate images seen by each eye into one composite image. Binocular Vision

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