The relationship between visual acuity and central visual field sensitivity in advanced glaucoma

摘要

In glaucoma, both visual acuity (VA) and visual field (VF) sensitivity deteriorate, with consequential impact on the vision-related quality of life of patients with the disease. In general, VA is largely unaffected until an advanced stage of glaucoma due to the large number of surviving retinal ganglion cells in the macular area in contrast to the peripheral region. Nevertheless, to date, the relationship between the decline in VA. and the reduction of VF sensitivity has not been investigated in detail. The purpose of the current study is to analyse the relationship between VA. and central VF sensitivity in advanced glaucoma. The study design is a case series on multiple patients with similar characteristics, but without a cossparison group.