TY  - JOUR
TI  - The effect of COVID-19 infection on retinal nerve fiber layer and ganglion cell complexlayer thicknesses
AB  - Aim:To evaluate the possible effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and ganglion cell complex layer (GC-IPL) thicknesses. Method: Patients who had been infected by SARS-CoV-2 and hospitalized because of severe pneumonia were found out from the database of COVID-19 pandemic hospital and formed the patient group. The control group was composed of non-COVID-19 age-matched subjects. The mean and fragmented RNFL and GC-IPL thicknesses were measured by optical coherence tomography (OCT), and compared between two groups, statistically. Results: Patient group 34 eyes of 34 subjects (18 male, 16 female) and 31 eyes of 31 subjects (14 male, 17 female) in the control group were enrolled. The mean age and gender were not statistically different between groups (p:0.56, 0,57, respectively).A statistically significant difference was not found between groups in terms of mean, superior, inferior, temporal, nasal RNFL thicknesses and mean superior, inferior, temporal, and nasal GC-IPL thicknesses. Conclusion: The mean and fragmented RNFL and GC-IPL thicknesses measured by OCT were not statistically different in patients who had moderate disease course and recovered from COVID-19 infection.
AU  - Çakır, Burçin
AU  - Guclu, Ertugrul
AU  - Özmen, Sedat
AU  - OKAN, Hüseyin Doğuş
AU  - OZKAN AKSOY, NILGÜN
DO  - 10.30714/j-ebr.2021370071
PY  - 2021
JO  - Experimental Biomedical Research
VL  - 4
IS  - 3
SN  - 2618-6454
SP  - 175
EP  - 180
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/450260
ER  -