PURPOSE To determine whether optical coherence tomography (OCT) epithelial mapping can improve the detection of form fruste keratoconus. SETTING French National Eye Hospital, Paris 6 Pierre & Marie Curie University, Paris, France. DESIGN Retrospective comparative study. METHODS Eyes with normal corneas, form fruste keratoconus, moderate keratoconus, or severe keratoconus were assessed usi...

PURPOSE The aim was to identify optical quality metrics predictive of visual performance in eyes with keratoconus and penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for keratoconus. METHODS Fifty-four participants were recruited for this prospective, cross-sectional study. Data were collected from one eye of each participant: 26 keratoconus, 10 PK and 18 normal eyes: average age (mean +/- standard deviation) ...

PURPOSE To investigate the efficacy of topography and tomography indices combined in discriminant functions to detect mild ectatic corneas. METHODS The authors retrospectively reviewed the data of 143 eyes separated into three groups by the Corneal Navigator OPD scanning system (Nidek, Gamagori, Japan): normal (N; LASIK surgery with a 2-year follow-up; n = 72), forme fruste keratoconus (N top...

purpose: ‏to determine the visual and anatomic outcomes of epikeratoplasty in 7 eyes of 6 patients with keratoglobus. method: in a retrospective interventional case series, seven eyes of six patients with keratoglaobus (kgb) aged 5 to 39 years underwent epikeratoplasty. three patients (3 eyes) had blue sclera, hypermobile joints, and consanguineous parents and 3 patients (4 eyes) had only kgb. ...

PURPOSE To investigate Ferrara intrastromal ring segments (FIRS) as a therapeutic opportunity to treat keratoconus (KC), to reduce the necessity for cornea transplant, and to improve quality of vision of patients with this disease. We demonstrate that the procedure is safe, reversible, and reliable, and can delay/stop the KC progression. METHODS A total of 130 eyes of 83 patients with KC, int...

BACKGROUND Corneal collagen cross-linking with riboflavin, also known as collagen cross-linking (CXL), involves the application of riboflavin solution to the eye that is activated by illumination with ultraviolet A (UVA) light. We survey here the topographic corneal changes one year after CXL in patients with corneal keratoconus. MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective randomized clinical tria...

BACKGROUND The possible impact of corneal thickness, curvature, and size on the measurement of endothelial cell density (ECD) has largely been ignored in the normal eye. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible impact of the main corneal parameters on the analysis of ECD values at the central, superior, and temporal parts of the corneal surface. METHODS All 75 participants (52 fe...

AIM To study the posterior corneal topographic changes in eyes with partial flaps during laser assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). METHODS Case records of 16 patients, who had partial flap in one eye during LASIK (group 1) and uncomplicated surgery in the other eye (group 2), were studied. Following occurrence of partial flap intraoperatively, laser ablation was abandoned in all the eyes...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the characteristics of the cornea in myopic patients. MATERIAL AND METHOD A retrospective study of 420 eyes in 210 patients who visited the Excimer Laser Surgery Clinic at Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University from January 1999 to June 2002 was conducted. All cases that were eligible for myopic refractive surgery were included in the present study. A preoperative ocular ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate changes in corneal astigmatism in patients undergoing orbital decompression surgery. METHODS This retrospective, non randomized comparative study involved 42 eyes from 21 patients with thyroid ophthalmopathy who underwent orbital decompression surgery between September 2011 and September 2014. The 42 eyes were divided into three groups: control (9 eyes), two-wall decompr...