Clinical Study on Glaucomatous Patients.

Song, Man Sung; Kim, Dong Gun; Kim, Hyung Jeon

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1989;30(5):755-759.
Published online May 1, 1989.

Clinical Study on Glaucomatous Patients.

Man Sung Song, Dong Gun Kim, Hyung Jeon Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, National Medical Conter, Korea.

녹내장환자의 임상적 고찰

김동건(Dong Gun Kim),김형전(Hyung Jeon Kim),송만성(Man Sung Song)

Abstract

We analysed clinically 354 glaucomatous patients from 1983 to 1987 who visited the clinic of the Department of Ophthalmology of National Medical Center. The results were as follows: 1) The prevalence of glaucoma was 1.56% among the out-patients. 2) The primary open-angle glaucoma(POAG) was the most frequent type. 3) The mean age of the patients with POAG was 47.8 +/- 14.2 years and 60.8 +/- 8.9 years was that of the patients with primary angle-closure glaucoma(PACG). 4) There was no sexual preference in various types of glacoma, except PACG and secondary glaucoma. 5) There was no significant difference in laterality between right and left eyes.

Key Words: prevalence;primary open-angle glaucoma(POAG);primary angle-closure glaucoma(PACG);laterality