DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i02.017

Pages: 508-511

Early detection of glaucoma can prevent vision loss. In myopic eye it is often difficult to identify the peripheral changes due to large optic disc and oval configuration. Retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness assessed by Optical coherence tomography (OCT) can help in early diagnosis. The changes of RNFL in normal eye is consistent however, in myopes the results are variable and often inconclusive. We therefore, conducted a prospective comparative study to compare the RNFL in normal and myopic patients. We observed a strong association between average RNFL thickness and spherical equivalent in myopic eyes (r-0.6146). We also observed a strong association between average RNFL thickness and axial length in myopic eyes (r-0.3776).