The analysis of the morphometric parameters of the anterior segment in patients with myopic refraction-associated glaucoma and in patients with myopia
The article presents the comparative analysis of the morphometric parameters of the anterior segment structures such as iris thickness at the root, central corneal thickness (CCT), anterior chamber angle (ACA) in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) associated with myopic refraction and in myopia patients not suffering from glaucoma. The group of patients with myopia revealed a moderate inverse relation between the size and thickness of ACA at the iris root (p = 0,076), as well as a strong straight correlation between the iris thickness at the root and CCT (p = 0,007). The CPC index in patients with myopic refraction-associated glaucoma was significantly lower than in patients with myopia but without glaucoma (p = 0,00001). The study revealed signifi cantly lower indices of the iris thickness at the root in patients with myopia compared to the patients with POAG associated with myopic refraction (p = 0,03). The CCT index in patients with refraction-associated glaucoma was significantly lower than in patients with myopia without glaucoma (p = 0,06).