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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2023

Intraoperative OCT for Lamellar Corneal Surgery: A User Guide.

Antonio Moramarco, Natalie di Geronimo, Matteo Airaldi, Lorenzo Gardini, Francesco Semeraro, Danilo Iannetta, Vito Romano, Luigi Fontana

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. New Directions for Ophthalmic OCT - Handhelds, Surgery, and Robotics.Translational vision science & technology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Antonio MoramarcoOphthalmology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2847-1691
Natalie di GeronimoOphthalmology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
Matteo AiraldiEye Unit, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Piazzale Spedali Civili, 1, 25123 Brescia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9010-1208
Lorenzo GardiniOphthalmology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
Francesco SemeraroEye Unit, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Piazzale Spedali Civili, 1, 25123 Brescia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2275-4917
Danilo IannettaOphthalmology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
Vito RomanoEye Unit, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Piazzale Spedali Civili, 1, 25123 Brescia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5148-7643
Luigi FontanaOphthalmology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3877-0417

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intraoperative OCT is an innovative and promising technology which allows anterior and posterior segment ocular surgeons to obtain a near-histologic cross-sectional and tomographic image of the tissues. Intraoperative OCT has several applications in ocular surgery which are particularly interesting in the context of corneal transplantation. Indeed, iOCT images provide a direct and meticulous visualization of the anatomy, which could guide surgical decisions. In particular, during both big-bubble and manual DALK, the visualization of the relationship between the corneal layers and instruments allows the surgeon to obtain a more desirable depth of the trephination, thus achieving more type 1 bubbles, better regularity of the plane, and a reduced risk of DM perforation. During EK procedures, iOCT supplies information about proper descemetorhexis, graft orientation, and interface quality in order to optimize the postoperative adhesion and reduce the need for re-bubbling. Finally, mushroom PK, a challenging technique for many surgeons, can be aided through the use of iOCT since it guides the correct apposition of the lamellae and their centration. The technology of iOCT is still evolving: a larger field of view could allow for the visualization of all surgical fields, and automated tracking and iOCT autofocusing guarantee the continued centration of the image.

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anterior segment imagingartificial intelligencecorneal transplantationDALKendothelial keratoplastymultimodal imagingmushroom PKophthalmic imagingoptical coherence tomography

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PMID37176489
PMCPMC10179477

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