Corneal thickness measurements in normal and keratoconic eyes:: Pentacam comprehensive eye scanner versus noncontact specular microscopy and ultrasound pachymetry
Corneal thickness measurements in normal and keratoconic eyes:: Pentacam comprehensive eye scanner versus noncontact specular microscopy and ultrasound pachymetry
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.02.037
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发表时间:
2006-06-01
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Kanpolat, Ayfer
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作者:
Ucakhan, Oemur Oezlenen;Oezkan, Muhip;Kanpolat, Ayfer
PURPOSE: To compare central corneal thickness (CCT) measurements taken with the Pentacam comprehensive eye scanner (CES), noncontact specular microscopy (SM), and ultrasound pachymetry (UP) in normal and keratoconic corneas.SETTING: Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.METHODS: In a prospective study, 3 CCT measurements were taken with the Pentacam CES, SM, and UP in that sequence from 1 eye of 45 consecutive patients with myopia (group A) and 62 consecutive patients with keratoconus (group B). Eyes with keratoconus were further divided into 3 subgroups, mild, moderate, and severe, according to the mean keratometry readings.RESULTS: Pentacam CES (r = 0.994) and UP (r = 0.993) demonstrated very high and comparable reproducibility in group A. In group B, Pentacam CES displayed better reproducibility (r = 0.988) than UP (r = 0.969) and SM (r = 0.901). The mean CCT measurements of Pentacam CES and UP were not significantly different in group A (P = .37) and in eyes with mild keratoconus (P = .29), whereas significant differences between all instrument pairs were evident in group B and in moderate and severely keratoconic eyes (P