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Posterior corneal curvature changes following Refractive Small Incision Lenticule Extraction

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Title
Posterior corneal curvature changes following Refractive Small Incision Lenticule Extraction
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Clinical Ophthalmology, July 2015
DOI 10.2147/opth.s84354
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Sri Ganesh, Utsav Patel, Sheetal Brar

Abstract

To compare the posterior corneal curvature changes, in terms of corneal power and asphercity, following Refractive Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (ReLEx SMILE) procedure for low, moderate, and high myopia. This retrospective, non randomized, comparative, interventional trial; included 52 eyes of 26 patients, divided in three groups: low myopia (myopia ≤3 D [diopters] spherical equivalent [SE]), moderate myopia (myopia >3 D and <6 D SE), and high myopia (myopia ≥6 D SE). All patients were treated for myopia and myopic astigmatism using ReLEx SMILE. The eyes were examined pre-operatively and 3 months post-operatively using SCHWIND SIRIUS, a three-dimensional rotating Scheimpflug camera with a Placido disc topographer to assess corneal changes with regard to keratometric power and asphericity of the cornea. A statistically significant increase in mean keratometric power in the 3, 5, and 7 mm zones of the posterior corneal surface compared with its pre-ReLEx SMILE value was detected after 3 months in the moderate myopia group (pre-operative [pre-op] -6.14±0.23, post-operative [post-op] -6.29±0.22, P<0.001) and high myopia group (pre-op -6.19±0.16, post-op -6.4±0.18, P<0.001), but there was no significant change in keratometric power of the posterior surface in the low myopia group (pre-op -5.87±0.17, post-op -6.06±0.29, P=0.143). Asphericity (Q-value) of the posterior surface changed significantly (P<0.001) after ReLEx SMILE in the moderate myopia group in the 3, 5, and 7 mm zones, and in the high myopia group in the 3 and 7 mm zones; but there was no significant change in the Q-value in the low myopia group in all three zones (pre-op 0.23±0.43, post-op -0.40±0.71, P=0.170), and in the high myopia group in the 5 mm zone (P=0.228). ReLEx SMILE causes significant changes in posterior corneal keratometric power and asphericity in moderate and high myopia, but the effect is subtle and insignificant in low myopia.

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Egypt 1 3%
Unknown 33 97%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 4 12%
Researcher 4 12%
Student > Bachelor 3 9%
Lecturer 3 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 6%
Other 5 15%
Unknown 13 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 14 41%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 3%
Unknown 18 53%
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#16,046,765
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#25
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