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ArticleGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2019

Visual acuity in patients with keratoconus: a comparison with matched regular myopic astigmatism.

Michael Mimouni, Riham Najjar, Gilad Rabina, Igor Vainer, Igor Kaiserman

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Article in Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Michael MimouniDepartment of Ophthalmology, Rambam Health Care Campus and Ruth Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. m_mimouni@rambam.health.gov.il.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4661-0993
Riham NajjarDepartment of Ophthalmology, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel.
Gilad RabinaDivision of Ophthalmology, Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Igor VainerDepartment of Ophthalmology, Rambam Health Care Campus and Ruth Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Igor KaisermanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel.
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev · ILTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology · ILTel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo compare uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) and best-corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) between patients with keratoconus (KC) and matched patients with regular myopic astigmatism.

methodsThis retrospective study included consecutive patients diagnosed with KC between 2008 and 2013 at Care-Vision Laser Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel, and matched patients with regular myopic astigmatism. Data included were central corneal thickness (CCT), spherical equivalent (SE), cylinder (CYL), mean keratometric power, maximum keratometric power (K

resultsThe KC group included 734 patients with a mean age of 33.8 ± 9.5 years. The matched, control group included 1462 patients with a mean age of 33.2 ± 9.7 years (p = 0.14). The mean SE and CYL of the KC group were - 3.34 ± 3.29D and - 3.01 ± 1.99D, respectively, compared to - 3.34 ± 2.92D (p = 0.98) and - 2.97 ± 1.35 (p = 0.58). Mean K (46.8 ± 3.3D versus 44.0 ± 1.8D, p < 0.0001) and K

conclusionsFor defocus equivalents above 6D, the KC group had better UDVA than the non-KC group in spite of worse CDVA.

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AdultCorneal StromaCorneal TopographyFemaleHumansKeratoconusMyopiaRefraction, OcularRetrospective StudiesVisual AcuityAstigmatismCDVADefocus equivalentKeratoconusUDVA

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