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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Detecting True Change in Keratoconus after Intracorneal Ring Segment Implantation.

Francisco Arnalich-Montiel, Carlota Fuente, Clara Auladell, Sara Ortiz-Toquero

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Francisco Arnalich-MontielDepartment of Ophthalmology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Carretera de Colmenar Viejo Km 9, 100, 28034 Madrid, Spain.
Carlota FuenteDepartment of Ophthalmology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Carretera de Colmenar Viejo Km 9, 100, 28034 Madrid, Spain.
Clara AuladellDepartment of Ophthalmology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Carretera de Colmenar Viejo Km 9, 100, 28034 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6880-6583
Sara Ortiz-ToqueroDepartment of Ophthalmology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Carretera de Colmenar Viejo Km 9, 100, 28034 Madrid, Spain.
Instituto Cajal · ESUniversidad de Valladolid · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Confirming the progression of keratoconus is of paramount relevance to providing the appropriate treatment. Real change should be considered consistent over time. It must be greater than the variability of the measurement of the device used to monitor the cornea. The present study aimed to assess the intraobserver repeatability and intersession reproducibility of a Scheimpflug camera in measuring corneal parameters in virgin keratoconus and intrastromal corneal ring segments (ICRS) implantation eyes to discriminate real change from measurement noise. Sixty keratoconus and 30 ICRS eyes were included. Corneal parameters were determined in three consecutive measurements and were repeated 2 weeks later. The precision within the same session for all parameters was better in the keratoconic eyes, with mean repeatability limits 33% narrower (range 13% to 55%) compared with ICRS eyes. Mean reproducibility limits were 16% narrower (range +48% to -45%) compared with ICRS eyes. The cutoff values to consider a real corneal shape change were lower for virgin keratoconic than for ICRS, except for the thinnest corneal thickness and Stage C (ABCD system), which were the opposite. Corneal tomography measurements in ICRS eyes showed worse accuracy than in virgin keratoconus, which should be taken into account by practitioners in patients' follow up.

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cutoff valuesintrastromal corneal ring segmentskeratoconusrepeatabilityreproducibilityScheimpflug camera

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PMID37109508
PMCPMC10142878
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