Corneal stroma demarcation line after standard and high-intensity collagen crosslinking determined with anterior segment optical coherence tomography
- 1 May 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
- Vol. 40 (5), 736-740
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrs.2013.10.029
Abstract
To use anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) to compare corneal stroma demarcation line depth after corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL) with 2 treatment protocols. Vardinoyiannion Eye Institute of Crete, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Prospective comparative interventional case series. Corneal collagen crosslinking was performed in all eyes using the same ultraviolet-A (UVA) irradiation device (CCL-365). Eyes were treated for 30 minutes with 3 mW/cm(2) according to the standard Dresden protocol (Group 1) or for 10 minutes with 9 mW/cm(2) of UVA irradiation intensity (Group 2). One month postoperatively, 2 independent observers measured the corneal stroma demarcation line using AS-OCT. Sixteen patients (21 eyes) were enrolled. Group 1 comprised 7 patients (9 eyes) and Group 2, 9 patients (12 eyes). The mean corneal stroma demarcation line depth was 350.78 μm ± 49.34 (SD) (range 256.5 to 410 μm) in Group 1 and 288.46 ± 42.37 μm (range 238.5 to 353.5 μm) in Group 2; the corneal stroma demarcation line was statistically significantly deeper in Group 1 than in Group 2 (P=.0058, t test for unpaired data). The corneal stroma demarcation line was significantly deeper after a 30-minute CXL treatment than after a 10-minute CXL procedure with high-intensity UVA irradiation.Keywords
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