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Eccentric small-zone ray tracing wavefront aberrometry for refraction in keratoconus
Department of Clinical Sciences/Ophthalmology, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå.
Department of Clinical Sciences/Ophthalmology, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå.
2016 (English)In: Acta Ophthalmologica, ISSN 1755-375X, E-ISSN 1755-3768, Vol. 94, no 7, p. 679-684Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

PURPOSE: To compare objective refraction using small-zone eccentric laser ray tracing (LRT) wavefront aberrometry to standard autorefraction in keratoconus (KC), and whether the visual acuities achieved with these refractions differ from corresponding values in healthy eyes.

METHODS: Twenty-nine eyes of 29 patients with KC and 29 eyes of 29 healthy controls were included in this prospective unmasked case-control study. The uncorrected (UCVA) and spectacle-corrected (SCVA) Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) visual acuities based on refractions derived from LRT in central and four eccentric zones were compared to those achieved with standard autorefraction. The spherical equivalent (M) and two astigmatic power vectors (C0 and C45) were calculated for all refractions. Pentacam HR(®) was used to generate keratometry readings of the corresponding zones.

RESULTS: In KC, the refraction from the upper nasal zone rendered a higher SCVA than the standard autorefraction more often than in the controls (p < 0.001). There were no significant variation in M between the different LRT measurement points in the control group, but central data provided the best SCVA. The UCVA:s and SCVA:s were worse in KC, and the KC eyes showed inferior myopia and superior hyperopia. Multiple refractions rendered similar SCVA:s in KC. Pentacam HR(®) showed higher keratometry readings infero-temporally, but also lower readings supero-nasally, compared to controls.

CONCLUSION: In KC, eccentric LRT measurements gave better SCVA than standard autorefraction more often than in healthy eyes. Eccentric LRT may become a valuable tool in the demanding task of subjective refraction in KC.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Wiley-Blackwell, 2016. Vol. 94, no 7, p. 679-684
Keywords [en]
autorefractometer, keratoconus, ray tracing wavefront aberrometry, refraction
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Ophthalmology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-134195DOI: 10.1111/aos.13183ISI: 000386631400040PubMedID: 27496244OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-134195DiVA, id: diva2:1091887
Available from: 2017-04-28 Created: 2017-04-28 Last updated: 2018-06-09Bibliographically approved

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