PURPOSE: Evaluate whether optic disc edema results in changes in retinal microcirculation. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study group consisted of 11 patients with unilateral optic disc edema (papilledema). The control group consisted of the healthy eyes of the same 11 patients. Patients underwent non-invasive photo-spectrometric retinal oximetry using Oxymap T1 retinal oximeter (Oxymap, Reykjavik, Iceland). In the eyes of these 11 patients, we examined the diameter of the retinal arteries and veins, arterial and venous blood oxygen saturation, and the difference in oxygen saturation between arterioles and venules (A-V difference). RESULTS: In the papilledema group, the decrease in the retinal arterial diameter was statistically significant (p=0.001). The median diameter of the retinal artery was 11.70 px (IQR 1.47) or after conversion 109.00 µm (IQR 14.00) in the papilledema group and 13.75 px (IQR 1.61) or 128.00 µm (IQR 15.00) in the control group. The increase in the diameter of the retinal veins in the papilledema group was statistically significant (p=0.012), where the median diameter in the papilledema group was 20.88 px (IQR 3.72) or 194.00 µm (IQR 35.00), and in the control group was 18.18 px (IQR 3.60) or 169 µm (IQR 33.00). There was a statistically significant decrease (p<0.001) in the venous saturation in the papilledema group with a median value of 53.16% (IQR 17.38) and 60.02% (IQR 11.98) in the control group. The median of the A-V difference was 51.92 (IQR 15.96) in the papilledema group, resp. 38.49 (IQR 9.75) in the control group and a significant increase in the papilledema group (p<0.001) was reported. CONCLUSION: Automatic retinal oximetry demonstrated changes in the retinal microcirculation in patients with optic disc edema.

Biostatistics St Anne's University Hospital Brno Czech Republic

Department of Ophthalmology Faculty of Medicine Masaryk University Brno Czech Republic

Department of Ophthalmology Military University Hospital Prague Prague Czech Republic

Eye Clinic University Hospital Brno Brno Czech Republic

Eye Clinic University Hospital Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic

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