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Evaluation of effects of positive airway pressure treatment on retinal fiber thickness and visual pathways using optic coherence tomography and visual evoked potentials in the patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

Melike BatumAyşın Kısabay AkHüseyin MayalıTuğba GöktalayEmin KurtDeniz SelçukiHikmet Yılmaz
Published in: International ophthalmology (2020)
It was shown that PAP treatment in patients with severe OSAS prevents hypoxia without causing alterations in intraocular pressure and thus reduces inflammation and causes thickening in the pRNFL and macular layers.
Keyphrases
  • obstructive sleep apnea
  • positive airway pressure
  • optical coherence tomography
  • diabetic retinopathy
  • oxidative stress
  • sleep apnea
  • case report