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Perimetria computadorizada em pacientes glaucomatosos com visão sub-normal

Perimetria computadorizada em pacientes glaucomatosos com visão sub-normal

Autores:

Paulo Eduardo Casarin Comegno,
Vital Paulino Costa,
Silvia Alves R. F. Silva,
Newton Kara-José

ARTIGO ORIGINAL

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

versão impressa ISSN 0004-2749versão On-line ISSN 1678-2925

Arq. Bras. Oftalmol. vol.58 no.5 São Paulo out. 1995

http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0004-2749.19950036

SUMMARY

The purpose of this study is to investigate the possibility of using the computerized perimetry in glaucomatous patients with VA less than 20/400.

Thirty three eyes of 33 patients (21 with VA = CF and 12 with VA = HM), underwent automated perimetry (Humphrey 24-2 program), initially with stimulus III and after with stimulus V.

Twelve patients were not able to complete neither examinations (all of them with VA = HHM). Nineteen patients were able to complete both examinations, while two patients were able to complete only the examination with stimulus V. Among the nineteen patients that carried out both examinations, fifteen (68,4%) felt themselves more confortable during the examination with stimulus V.

We conclude that computerized perimetry is possible in glaucomatous patients with advanced visual field defects and VA less than 20/400.

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