[An observational, retrospective two-year cost study in primary open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension in newly diagnosed patients].

Purpose: To investigate the different treatment strategies in France and the direct costs for patients with newly diagnosed primary open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension who have started treatment with beta-blockers, and to estimate the total direct cost for two years of treat.

Material: and methods: We analyzed 225 medical charts retrospective in eleven academically and office-based centers in France over the first two years after diagnosis. Standard costs for each resource in current medical practice were determined from the French Social Security perspective.

Differences of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness between normal and glaucoma-like optic disks (physiological cups) matched by optic disk area.

We matched by disk area size 23 eyes of patients with glaucoma-like disks (physiological cups) with normal ocular pressures and no visual field loss with 23 eyes of normal subjects. Using stereophotogrammetry we found a significant decrease in retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in the eyes with glaucoma-like disks compared to the normal eyes (P = 0.0081), especially in the nasal quadrant (18.