PURPOSE The aim was to evaluate the anterior and posterior corneal topographic characteristics of three patients with posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy (PPCD) using a rotating Scheimpflug camera combined with a Placido disc system (Sirius, CSO, Italy). CASE REPORTS Two children with unilateral PPCD and a 53-year-old woman with bilateral PPCD were diagnosed by the presence of vesicles a...

Purpose To evaluate the accuracy of IOL power calculation using adjusted corneal power according to the posterior/anterior corneal curvature radii ratio. Methods Nine hundred twenty-eight eyes from 928 reference subjects and 158 eyes from 158 cataract patients who underwent phacoemulsification surgery were enrolled. Adjusted corneal power of cataract patients was calculated using the fictitio...

PURPOSE Our aim was to assess the corneal power, axis, and age dependence of the anterior and posterior corneal surfaces with Scheimpflug imaging. METHODS Patients older than 10 years without a history of ocular surgery, corneal diseases, contact lens wearing, or severe dry eye were enrolled. Data regarding the anterior and posterior cornea were analyzed by means of Scheimpflug imaging (Penta...

In this work, the authors presented the techniques and the preliminary results at 6 months of a randomized controlled trial (NCT02117999) comparing a novel transepithelial corneal cross-linking protocol using iontophoresis with the Dresden protocol for the treatment of progressive keratoconus. At 6 months, there was a significant average improvement with an average flattening of the maximum sim...

This mini review focuses on the current knowledge on posterior corneal astigmatism based on the latest research. In the first part the definition, the magnitude as well as methods and devices for its evaluation are presented. Posterior corneal astigmatism measurement is improving as new technologies are evolving. It is now shown that the posterior corneal surface acts as a negative lens and as ...

purpose : to compare changes in posterior corneal elevation, anterior chamber depth (acd), anterior chamber volume (acv) and corneal volume (cv) after laser in situ keratomileusis (lasik ) and photorefractive keratectomy (prk) for low to moderate myopia by pentacam imaging methods : in this prospective comparative case series, 105 consecutive myopic eyes randomly scheduled for lasik (n=59) or p...

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...

PURPOSE To determine preoperative patient characteristics that may predict topography and visual acuity outcomes of corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL). SETTING Cornea and refractive surgery practice. DESIGN Cohort study. METHODS Crosslinking was performed in eyes with keratoconus or corneal ectasia. Multiple regression and odds ratio analyses were performed to determine independent predi...

Purpose. To evaluate changes in anterior, posterior, and total corneal astigmatism in patients after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK). Methods. We retrospectively included 29 eyes of 23 patients (age 67.6 ± 9.8 years, 13 female, 10 male) after DMEK surgery. The magnitude and axis orientation of anterior, posterior, and total corneal astigmatism before and after DMEK were determ...