@article{ref1,
title="Macular functions in professional divers",
journal="Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie",
year="2000",
author="Peyraud-Gilly, V. M. and Daubas, P. and Joly, T. and Filliard, G. and Monroux-Rousseau, S.",
volume="23",
number="5",
pages="472-474",
abstract="PURPOSE: Air diving is frequently practiced by professionals or sportsmen. Controversial data exist in the literature on the existence of retinal abnormalities in divers. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 18 divers (aged: 27-58y) who dived around 2000 times in their life were studied: half of them dived only with air while the others used an O2-enriched gas mixture (40 to 60%). None of them had presented a bend (decompression sickness). Visual acuity and ocular fundus examination have been explored. A quantification of color vision and central visual field, so as a fluorescein angiography have been performed. RESULTS: No alteration of visual acuity was noted; abnormalities in the color vision and the visual field are reported; however the angiographic lesions described in the literature have not been observed. DISCUSSION: The alterations of color vision were quite severe but not very frequent. No correlation was found with any characteristics or type of diving. CONCLUSION: These observations are comforting for sportive divers who do not dive very often nor very deep but an individual predisposition is suspected.<p /><p>Language: fr</p>",
language="fr",
issn="0181-5512",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}