OPTIC NERVE HEAD PARAMETERS AS MEASURED BY CONFOCAL SCANNING LASER (HEIDELBERG RETINA TOMOGRAPH II) IN NORMAL, OCULAR HYPERTENSIVE AND GLAUCOMATOUS SUBJECTS ESTUDIO DE LOS PARÁMETROS DE LA CABEZA DEL NERVIO ÓPTICO EN SUJETOS NORMALES, HIPERTENSOS OCULARES Y GLAUCOMATOSOS OBTENIDOS MEDIANTE LÁSER CONFOCAL DE BARRIDO (HEIDELBERG RETINA TOMOGRAPH II)

Purpose: To compare the optic nerve parameters mea- sured by confocal scanning laser in normal, ocular hypertensive and glaucomatous eyes; and in groups of ocular hypertensive eyes, classification of these accor- ding to the optic nerve appearance and to short-wave- length automated perimetry (SWAP) results. Methods: 101 eyes of 101 normal subjects, 247 eyes of 247 ocular hypertensive subjects and 102 eyes of 102 glaucomatous subjects were studied. Subjects were classified based on intraocular pres- sure and standard automated perimetry (AP) perfor- mance. Hypertensive subjects were classified into ocular hypertensive and preperimetric glaucoma, and into ocular hypertensive with normal SWAP and hypertensive with pathological SWAP findings.