Long.-term keratocyte deficits in the corneal stroma after LASIK
Long.-term keratocyte deficits in the corneal stroma after LASIK
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ophtha.2003.10.027
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发表时间:
2004-07-01
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影响因子:
13.7
通讯作者:
Bourne, WM
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作者:
Erie, JC;Nau, CB;Bourne, WM
Purpose: To determine changes in keratocyte density up to 3 years after LASIK.Design: Prospective, nonrandomized, comparative trial.Participants: Seventeen eyes of 11 patients received LASIK with a planned 180-mum flap to correct refractive errors between -2.0 diopters (D) and -11.0 D (mean, -6.56+/-2.44).Methods: Corneas were examined by using confocal microscopy before LASIK and 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, and 36 months after LASIK. Bright objects that resembled keratocyte nuclei were manually counted by a masked observer. Cell densities were determined in anterior and posterior halves of the stromal flap, anterior and posterior halves of the 100-mum-thick layer immediately behind the ablation (retroablation layer), and the posterior third of the stroma. The region of stroma that was ablated (as measured 1 month after LASIK) was omitted from preoperative analysis. Cell densities after LASIK were compared (using1-factor repeated-measures analysis of variance) with densities in the corresponding layer of the normal preoperative stroma (which served as its own control).Main Outcome Measure: Corneal keratocyte density.Results: Before LASIK, keratocyte densities in the anterior and posterior stromal flap and the anterior retroablation layer were 34 818+/-5108 cells/mm(3) (mean +/- SD), 25 390+/-4045 cells/mm(3), and 21 328+/-2980 cells/mm(3), respectively, and densities in these layers decreased 14% to 20% at 1 month after LASIK (P