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Assessment of Corneal Epithelial Thickness in Asymmetric Keratoconic Eyes and Normal Eyes Using Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography
Joint Authors
Cadarso-Suárez, Carmen
Catalan, S.
Cadarso, L.
Esteves, F.
Salgado-Borges, J.
Lopez, M.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-06-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Purpose.
To compare the characteristics of asymmetric keratoconic eyes and normal eyes by Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) corneal mapping.
Methods.
Retrospective corneal and epithelial thickness OCT data for 74 patients were compared in three groups of eyes: keratoconic ( n = 22 ) and normal fellow eyes ( n = 22 ) in patients with asymmetric keratoconus and normal eyes ( n = 104 ) in healthy subjects.
Areas under the curve (AUC) of receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves for each variable were compared across groups to indicate their discrimination capacity.
Results.
Three variables were found to differ significantly between fellow eyes and normal eyes (all p < 0.05 ): minimum corneal thickness, thinnest corneal point, and central corneal thickness.
These variables combined showed a high discrimination power to differentiate fellow eyes from normal eyes indicated by an AUC of 0.840 (95% CI: 0.762–0.918).
Conclusions.
Our findings indicate that topographically normal fellow eyes in patients with very asymmetric keratoconus differ from the eyes of healthy individuals in terms of their corneal epithelial and pachymetry maps.
This type of information could be useful for an early diagnosis of keratoconus in topographically normal eyes.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Catalan, S.& Cadarso, L.& Esteves, F.& Salgado-Borges, J.& Lopez, M.& Cadarso-Suárez, Carmen. 2016. Assessment of Corneal Epithelial Thickness in Asymmetric Keratoconic Eyes and Normal Eyes Using Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography. Journal of Ophthalmology،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Catalan, S.…[et al.]. Assessment of Corneal Epithelial Thickness in Asymmetric Keratoconic Eyes and Normal Eyes Using Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography. Journal of Ophthalmology No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1110004
American Medical Association (AMA)
Catalan, S.& Cadarso, L.& Esteves, F.& Salgado-Borges, J.& Lopez, M.& Cadarso-Suárez, Carmen. Assessment of Corneal Epithelial Thickness in Asymmetric Keratoconic Eyes and Normal Eyes Using Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography. Journal of Ophthalmology. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1110004
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1110004