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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Czech and Slovak Ophthalmology</journal-title>
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    </journal-meta>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">341</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31348/2024/39</article-id>
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        <subj-group>
          <subject>Original article</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Evaluation of Optic Disc Drusen Using Modern Imaging Paraclinical Methods</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Březík</surname>
            <given-names>Michal</given-names>
          </name>
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2104-6618</contrib-id>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Kopecký</surname>
            <given-names>Adam</given-names>
          </name>
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1782-0617</contrib-id>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Chrapek</surname>
            <given-names>Oldřich</given-names>
          </name>
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1403-4936</contrib-id>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Timkovič</surname>
            <given-names>Juraj</given-names>
          </name>
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0767-0552</contrib-id>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Němčanský</surname>
            <given-names>Jan</given-names>
          </name>
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1979-6419</contrib-id>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="electronic">
        <day>27</day>
        <month>8</month>
        <year>2024</year>
      </pub-date>
      <issue>6</issue>
      <elocation-id>5</elocation-id>
      <abstract>
        <p>Purpose: To analyze patients with optic disc drusen (ODD), with emphasis on modern diagnostics. Materials and Methods: Research of the literature was conducted, together with a retrospective statistical analysis of patients with ODD. The group included individuals with ODD diagnosed using at least one of the following (ultrasound – USG, optical coherence tomography – OCT, fundus autofluorescence – FAF). Results: The group consisted of 12 patients (23 eyes), 7 women and 5 men. The mean age was 25 years. The mean observation period was 73 months. In total, 11 patients (22 eyes) had a bilateral finding and 1 patient (1 eye) had a unilateral finding. The mean age was 25 years. Buried drusen were confirmed in 69.6% of cases (8 patients, 16 eyes), superficial drusen were confirmed in 30.4% of cases (4 patients, 7 eyes). Mean best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and mean intraocular pressure were stable over time (BCVA p = 0.236, IOP p = 0.855). The aforementioned diagnostic methods proved to be equally effective (p = 0.768). In 11 patients (21 eyes) a depression of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) was recorded. We found a statistically significant decrease of the RNFL over time in reference to the normative database in the superior temporal (p = 0.015), temporal (p = 0.026) and nasal segments (p = 0.011). After separation of superficial and buried drusen the same significant change was found in nasal segment in superficial drusen (p = 0,031). We found no statistically significant difference over time between superficial and buried drusen (p = 0.109–0.999 for individual segments). Conclusion: ODD are common and visual functions remain stable. Their presence can be confirmed using modern paraclinical methods.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>optic disc drusen</kwd>
        <kwd>Optical Coherence Tomography</kwd>
        <kwd>Ultrasound</kwd>
        <kwd>Fundus autofluorescence</kwd>
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