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ArticleClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2020

Wide Stromal Mapping Using an Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography.

Nauman Hashmani, Maria Hashmani, Noureen Asghar, Mahnoor Islam, Sharif Hashmani

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Article in Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Nauman HashmaniDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Hashmanis Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-3578-5410
Maria HashmaniDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Hashmanis Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Noureen AsgharDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Hashmanis Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Mahnoor IslamDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Hashmanis Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Sharif HashmaniDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Hashmanis Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.

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Abstract

purposeTo quantify and assess the reproducibility of the corneal stromal thickness profiles captured by the SD-OCT. Secondly, we correlated the zonal thicknesses to the age, gender and axial length.

methodsWe included 227 normal eyes of 227 patients with a maximum hypermetropia of +5 and myopia of -6 diopters (D). Subjects with an intraocular pressure exceeding 22 mm Hg, evidence of cataract formation, history of ophthalmic surgery or disease were excluded. Lastly, reproducibility was evaluated in a subset of 50 participants by means of an identical scan protocol repeated by 2 different OCT operators.

resultsStromal values were consistently thicker in the peripheral cornea (p<0.001). Age was negatively correlated with approximately every sector of the stroma with notable exceptions of the center (r=0.117, p=0.088) and the superior inner (r=0.057, 0.409), middle (r=0.086, p=0.209) and outer locations (r=0.120, p=0.079). There was no statistical significance in most sectors when looking at the axial length, gender and K1/K2. This method was highly reproducible in terms of both the ICC and COV.

conclusionCorneal stromal mapping is highly reproducible and shows a negative correlation to age. Additionally, the periphery of the stroma is consistently thicker to the center. Other variables like gender and axial length show no relationship to the corneal stroma.

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