Relationship of placido corneal topography data with scleral lens fitting parameters

Purpose: To analyze the relationship between corneal sagittal height and asymmetry parameters derived from Placido-videokeratoscopy with the parameters of fitted scleral lenses (ScCLs). Methods: Corneal topographies were measured with MedmontE300 in a total of 126 eyes with irregular and regular corneas before ScCL fitting were analyzed. Measurements of sagittal height (OC-SAG) at steep and flat corneal meridians were obtained for 10 mm and 12 mm chords. Estimated Height (EHChord) parameters were taken for a chord equal to the diameter of the lens that each subject was wearing at different semi-meridians. Corneal asymmetry (difference in OC-SAG between steep and flat corneal meridians) was also assessed. These outcomes were correlated to ScCL parameters that subjects were wearing after 1 month. Results: The mean ScCL-SAG was 4696 +/- 240 mu m and the mean OC-SAG ranged from 1891 mu m (10 mm), 2914 mu m (12 mm), and between 4162 mu m and 4251 mu m for EH0-180 degrees and EH30-210 degrees. Stronger correlations (p < 0.001) between OC-SAG and ScCL-SAG were determined for EH0-180 degrees (r = 0.595) and EH30-210 degrees (r = 0.618). The mean differences between OC-SAG and ScCL-SAG were between 447 +/- 290 mu m (EH0-180 degrees) and 389 +/- 360 mu m (EH30-210 degrees). There was no relationship between corneal asymmetry and the need to fit a ScCL with toric haptic design in irregular corneas. Orientation of flat corneal and scleral meridians were similar only in corneas with high regular astigmatism. Conclusions: EHChord attributes were the parameters that best correlated with the ScCL-SAG. The corneal asymmetry was shown to be a poor predictor for the need to fit a ScCL with toricity at landing zone in irregular corneas, but could have some predictive power in regular corneas.