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Arch Ophthalmol. 1998;116:1229-1231.

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A PRACTICAL clinical method for objective assessment of the optic disc continues to be elusive. Now that various imaging devices for assessing the optic disc have been available for more than a decade, it seems like an appropriate time to discuss their limitations and what clinicians can expect from them. Assessment of the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer should be similarly scrutinized, as the instruments that are being marketed for this purpose also have even more limitations than the ones used to assess the optic disc.

VARIABILITY OF OPTIC DISC EXAMINATION

The examination of the patient with glaucoma, whether it is for diagnosis or detection of progressive change, continues to be limited by our inability to accurately and precisely assess the structural appearance of the optic disc. Unlike the visual field, which depends on the subjective patient response, the structural characteristics of the optic disc are relatively stable and should be able to be measured . . . [Full Text of this Article]

CONVENTIONAL OPHTHALMOSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF THE OPTIC DISC

ADVANTAGES OF THE CONFOCAL SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE

PITFALLS WITH THE CONFOCAL SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE

USE OF THE CONFOCAL SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE TO DIAGNOSE OR DETECT CHANGE IN GLAUCOMA

DEPENDENCE OF DISC TOPOGRAPHY ON INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE (IOP)

OTHER OBSTACLES

CONCLUSIONS

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