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| Publications [#264343] of Sina Farsiu
Papers Published
- Rothman, AL; Sevilla, MB; Freedman, SF; Tong, AY; Tai, V; Tran-Viet, D; Farsiu, S; Toth, CA; El-Dairi, MA, Assessment of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in healthy, full-term neonates.,
Am J Ophthalmol, vol. 159 no. 4
(April, 2015),
pp. 803-811, ISSN 0002-9394 [doi]
(last updated on 2024/12/31)
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To measure average retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thicknesses in healthy, full-term neonates. DESIGN: Descriptive research to develop normative data. METHODS: Healthy infants born between 37 and 42 weeks postmenstrual age were imaged with hand-held spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. A custom script segmented the RNFL; the fovea and optic nerve center were manually selected. A second script measured the average RNFL thickness along the papillomacular bundle, defined as the arc from -15 degrees to +15 degrees on the axis from the optic nerve to fovea, with radii of 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, and 1.7 mm from the center of the optic disc. Shapiro-Wilk W tests assessed these measurements for normality to determine the age-appropriate radial distance for subsequent analyses. Average RNFL thicknesses for four temporal 45-degree sectors (superior temporal, temporal superior, temporal inferior, and inferior temporal) and the temporal quadrant were calculated and compared to demographic parameters for all infants. RESULTS: Fifty full-term infants were adequately imaged for RNFL analysis. RNFL thicknesses at 1.5 mm radial distance from the optic nerve were the most normally distributed. While there was a trend toward greater mean superior temporal RNFL thickness for both black and Hispanic vs white infants (128 ± 27 μm, 124 ± 30 μm, and 100 ± 19 μm, respectively, P = .04 for both comparisons), there were no other significant differences noted in RNFL thicknesses by race, sex, gestational age, or birth weight. CONCLUSIONS: We present RNFL thickness measurements for healthy, full-term infants that may serve as normative data for future analyses.
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