Evaluation and visual prognosis in patients with optic nerve drusen

Authors

  • Yosbelkis Martín Páez Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Abel Santamaría Cuadrado”, Pinar del Río, Cuba
  • Lillian Gloria León Veitía Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Yaney González Yglesias Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Gustavo Aldereguía Lima”, Cienfuegos, Cuba
  • Carlos E. Mendoza Santiesteban Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología “Ramón Pando Ferrer”, Ciudad Habana, Cuba
  • Tamara de las Mercedes Galbán Lueje Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Pedro Mario Font Aranda Policlínico “Marta Abreu”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Keywords:

optic disk drusen, diagnostic techniques, ophthalmological, evaluation/statistics & numerical data, prognosis

Abstract

A descriptive, prospective and cross-sectional study was carried out with the aim of determining the variables predictive of the visual acuity by means of a follow up of the psychophysical studies and the diagnostic means in patients with papillary drusen, taking into account their location. The universe of study was formed by 20 patients who were treated at the neuro-ophthalmology consulting rooms of the Ramon Pando Ferrer Ophthalmology Hospital in Havana City during the period from November 2006 to November 2007. These patients were selected according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The investigation relied on the correlation of variables, which were represented in charts with the previous implementation of a statistical analysis in the program SPSS, version 11. The location of the drusen in the optic nerve was determined according to sectors of the disc with a prevalence of the preliminary temporal ones, with 47.5 percent.

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Author Biographies

Yosbelkis Martín Páez, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Abel Santamaría Cuadrado”, Pinar del Río, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Oftalmología. Diplomada en Neuroftalmología. Profesora Instructora de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Rio “Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna”.

Lillian Gloria León Veitía, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Medicina General Integral y en Oftalmología. Diplomada en Neuroftalmología. Profesora Instructora de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zarate Ruiz”.

Yaney González Yglesias, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Gustavo Aldereguía Lima”, Cienfuegos, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Medicina General Integral y en Oftalmología. Diplomada en Neuroftalmología. Profesora Instructora de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos.

Carlos E. Mendoza Santiesteban, Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología “Ramón Pando Ferrer”, Ciudad Habana, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Neurofisiología. Especialista de II Grado en Oftalmología. Diplomado en Neuroftalmología y Retina. Profesor Auxiliar del Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana “Victoria de Girón”.

Tamara de las Mercedes Galbán Lueje, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Oftalmología. Diplomada en Neuroftalmología. Profesora Instructora de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zarate Ruiz”.

Pedro Mario Font Aranda, Policlínico “Marta Abreu”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Medicina General Integral y en Oftalmología. Máster en Enfermedades Infecciosas. Profesor Instructor de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zarate Ruiz”.

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Martín Páez Y, León Veitía LG, González Yglesias Y, Mendoza Santiesteban CE, Galbán Lueje T de las M, Font Aranda PM. Evaluation and visual prognosis in patients with optic nerve drusen. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2010 Jan. 1 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];4(1):14-22. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/483

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2010): January-March

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Original Articles

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