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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
Volume 11, Issue 19, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jcm11195635
Keywords
myopia; orthokeratology; corneal astigmatism; lens toricity; elevation difference
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This retrospective study investigated the relationship between the toricity of dual-axis corneal refractive therapy (CRT) orthokeratology lenses and corneal parameters. The study found a positive correlation between corneal astigmatism and the difference in elevation at 8 mm chord length with CRT lens toricity. The difference in elevation at 8 mm chord length can be used to estimate CRT lens toricity in clinical practice.
This retrospective study investigated the toricity of dual-axis corneal refractive therapy (CRT) orthokeratology lenses and corneal parameters, including flat keratometry (FK), flat eccentricity (e), steep e, corneal astigmatism, and the difference in elevation at 8 mm chord length. We analyzed the right eyes of 143 adolescent patients who underwent ocular examinations, subjective refraction, and corneal topography before CRT lens fitting by trial lens evaluation. After orthokeratology treatment, all patients underwent a topography map with an intact plus power ring and decentration of <1 mm. The mean patient age was 10.7 +/- 2.2 years old; 33% were male. The lens toricity range was 25-100 mu m. Multiple linear regression analysis showed significant associations between CRT lens toricity and corneal astigmatism (beta = 10.913, t = 3.012, p = 0.003) and the difference in elevation at 8 mm chord length (beta = 0.681, t = 4.049, p < 0.001); no association was found between CRT lens toricity and FK, flat e, or steep e (all p > 0.05). Corneal astigmatism was positively associated with difference in elevation at 8 mm chord length (r = 0.743, p < 0.001, Pearson's correlation), and corneal astigmatism and the difference in elevation at 8 mm chord length were positively associated with CRT lens toricity (r = 0.657 and r = 0.643, respectively; both p < 0.01, Spearman's correlation). These results suggest that difference in elevation at 8 mm chord length can be used to conveniently estimate CRT lens toricity in clinical practice, using the equation Y (CRT lens toricity) = 1.02X (difference in elevation at 8 mm chord length) + 20.3.
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