[Study of changes in the central visual field in early computer-assisted diagnosis of primary open-angle glaucoma]

The authors analyze the value of automated static perimetry for the early diagnosis of glaucoma. A total of 232 patients were examined, in 74 of them with primary open-angle glaucoma belonging to two age groups a reliable reduction was revealed of the mean retinal light sensitivity (p < 0.0001 vs. control and in suspected glaucoma in subgroups 1 and 2 p < 0.0001 and p < 0.01, respectively). Diffuse and local depression of light sensitivity in the central visual field was found in glaucoma patients and subjects with the condition suspected. Kinetic perimetry revealed narrowing of the peripheral borders of the visual field in 20% of glaucoma patients.