作者
Matthew G Hattenhauer, Douglas H Johnson, Helen H Ing, David C Herman, David O Hodge, Barbara P Yawn, Linda C Butterfield, Darryl T Gray
发表日期
1998/11/1
期刊
Ophthalmology
卷号
105
期号
11
页码范围
2099-2104
出版商
Elsevier
简介
OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to determine the probability of a patient developing legal blindness in either one or both eyes from newly diagnosed and treated open-angle glaucoma (OAG) after starting medical or surgical therapy or both.
DESIGN
The study design was a retrospective, community-based descriptive study.
PARTICIPANTS
Two hundred ninety-five residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, newly diagnosed with, and treated for, OAG between 1965 and 1980 with a mean follow-up of 15 years (standard deviation ± 8 years) participated.
INTERVENTION
Kaplan-Meier cumulative probability of blindness was estimated for patients treated and followed for OAG.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES
Legal blindness, defined as a corrected visual acuity of 20/200 or worse, and/or visual field constricted to 20° or less in its widest diameter with the Goldmann III4e test object or its equivalent on automated perimetry …
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