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EYE & CONTACT LENS-SCIENCE AND CLINICAL PRACTICE
Volume 45, Issue 4, Pages 238-245Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0000000000000561
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Keratoconus; Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty; Higher-order aberration; Irregular astigmatism
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Purpose: To evaluate the incidence of the Descemet membrane (DM) folds after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) in treating keratoconus. We also evaluated the influence of DM folds and corneal higher-order aberrations (HOAs) on visual acuity after DALK. Methods: This retrospective study included 89 consecutive eyes of 87 patients who underwent DALK for the treatment of keratoconus at Tokyo Dental College Ichikawa General Hospital from April 2002 to June 2017. The presence or absence of DM folds was determined by slitlamp microscopy. Visual acuity after DALK was compared between the eyes with and without DM folds. Corneal HOAs of the anterior and posterior surfaces and the total cornea were measured by anterior segment optical coherence tomography. Correlations among the presence of DM folds, corneal HOAs, and visual acuity were analyzed. Results: The Descemet membrane folds developed in 28.1% (25/89) eyes after DALK for the treatment of keratoconus. However, there were no significant differences in postoperative visual acuity between the eyes with and without DM folds at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months (P = 0.739, P = 0.106, P = 0.223, and P = 0.186, respectively). The visual acuity at 12 months was significantly correlated with corneal HOAs within a 4-mm diameter (anterior surface: R = 0.546, P = 0.003; total cornea: R = 0.506, P = 0.007). Conclusions: Larger corneal HOAs, but not the presence of DM folds, were associated with poor visual acuity after DALK. In treating advanced keratoconus with DALK, it is important to minimize postoperative corneal HOAs, although DALK improves visual acuity by reducing HOAs due to keratoconus.
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