{"title":"Oximetry: recent insights into retinal vasopathies and glaucoma.","authors":"J Boeckaert, E Vandewalle, I Stalmans","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This review will highlight a new technology and recent insights into measuring retinal oxygen saturation in several ophthalmic diseases. A growing body of evidence suggests that disturbances in retinal blood flow and oxygenation are related to several retinopathies and glaucoma, which can severely impair vision. The retinal oximeter may allow researchers and physicians to gain deeper insights into retinal physiology and clarify the impact of ischemia on retinal health and function. There are two commercially available systems to measure retinal oxygen saturation: the Oxymap retinal oximeter (Reykjavik, Iceland) and the Imedos Systems UG (Jena, Germany). In this review we will focus on the results obtained with Oxymap. Direct and non-invasive measurement of retinal oxygen saturation have potentially useful diagnostic and therapeutic indications in various eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, central retinal vein and artery occlusion, anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and retinopathy of prematurity. Despite several limitations, oxygen saturation assessment in the retinal vessels is a significant advancement in the understanding of ocular diseases. Nevertheless, further studies are needed to validate the use of oximetry in retinal vasopathies and glaucoma.</p>","PeriodicalId":9308,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin de la Societe belge d'ophtalmologie","volume":" 319","pages":"75-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bulletin de la Societe belge d'ophtalmologie","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This review will highlight a new technology and recent insights into measuring retinal oxygen saturation in several ophthalmic diseases. A growing body of evidence suggests that disturbances in retinal blood flow and oxygenation are related to several retinopathies and glaucoma, which can severely impair vision. The retinal oximeter may allow researchers and physicians to gain deeper insights into retinal physiology and clarify the impact of ischemia on retinal health and function. There are two commercially available systems to measure retinal oxygen saturation: the Oxymap retinal oximeter (Reykjavik, Iceland) and the Imedos Systems UG (Jena, Germany). In this review we will focus on the results obtained with Oxymap. Direct and non-invasive measurement of retinal oxygen saturation have potentially useful diagnostic and therapeutic indications in various eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, central retinal vein and artery occlusion, anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and retinopathy of prematurity. Despite several limitations, oxygen saturation assessment in the retinal vessels is a significant advancement in the understanding of ocular diseases. Nevertheless, further studies are needed to validate the use of oximetry in retinal vasopathies and glaucoma.
这篇综述将重点介绍一种新的技术和最近的见解测量视网膜氧饱和度在几种眼病。越来越多的证据表明,视网膜血流和氧合的紊乱与几种视网膜病变和青光眼有关,这些疾病会严重损害视力。视网膜血氧计可以让研究人员和医生更深入地了解视网膜生理学,并阐明缺血对视网膜健康和功能的影响。市面上有两种可用的测量视网膜氧饱和度的系统:Oxymap视网膜氧饱和度仪(冰岛雷克雅未克)和Imedos systems UG(德国耶拿)。在这篇综述中,我们将重点介绍使用Oxymap获得的结果。直接和无创测量视网膜氧饱和度在各种眼病,如糖尿病视网膜病变、年龄相关性黄斑变性、视网膜中央静脉和动脉闭塞、前缺血性视神经病变和早产儿视网膜病变等方面具有潜在的有用的诊断和治疗适应症。尽管有一些局限性,视网膜血管的血氧饱和度评估是了解眼部疾病的重要进展。然而,需要进一步的研究来验证血氧仪在视网膜血管病变和青光眼中的应用。