purpose: to evaluate corneal thickness changes after soft contact lens (scl) removal in lasik candidates. methods: fifty lasik candidates (100 eyes) with history of daily wear scl for at least 6 months were enrolled in this descriptive study. central corneal thickness was measured by ultrasonic pachymetry immediately after lens removal and then repeated daily at the same time, until the thickne...

In 100 eyes of 50 patients central corneal thickness was measured comparing optical to ultrasound pachymetry. With optical pachymetry the values were 1 to 40 micrometer (microns) lower in 64 eyes compared to ultrasound pachymetry. With ultrasound pachymetry the values were 1 to 18 microns lower in 26 eyes compared to optical pachymetry. In 10 cases no difference in pachymetry readings was seen ...

Objective: To investigate corneal structural in patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF). Methods: This case-control study included 64 FMF and, 49 age and gender similar healthy subjects without any eye disease. Endothelial cell density (ECD), the coefficient of variation size (CV) percentage hexagonality were measured by non-contact specular microscopy, central thickness (CCT) was ultr...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Recent studies have revealed patients with ocular hypertension to have thicker than normal central corneas and those with normal tension glaucoma to have thinner than normal ones, as determined by ultrasonic pachymetry. Since corneal thickness measurements and applanation tonometric estimates of intraocular pressure (IOP) correlate positively, monitoring of the former parameter ...

Our objective was to study the effect of dorzolamide on corneal hydration in an 18-week controlled experiment using ultrasonic pachymetry. Twenty-eight male rabbits were divided randomly into four groups. The 7 rabbits in each group received eye drops containing either 2% (w/v) dorzolamide or placebo in their right eye, or in their left eye. The 2% dorzolamide rabbits were treated every 8 h. Fe...

PURPOSE To determine inter-device agreement for central corneal thickness (CCT) measurement among ultrasound pachymetry, rotating Scheimpflug imaging (Pentacam, Oculus, Wetzlar, Germany), and scanning slit corneal topography (Orbscan II, Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, NY, USA) in highly myopic eyes before and after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK). METHODS This prospective comparative study inclu...

PURPOSE To evaluate reliability of Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) (RTVue), time-domain OCT (Visante), and slit-lamp adapted ultrasonic pachymetry (SL-US) in the measurement of central corneal thickness (CCT). MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty healthy volunteers visited our clinic 3 times and fifty eyes were measured by one physician. RTVue and Visante were randomly performed, an...