Pediatric keratoconus and iontophoretic corneal crosslinking: refractive and topographic evidence in patients underwent general and topical anesthesia, 18 months of follow-up
| Autor: | Roberta Carelli, Felicia Di Landro, Elisabetta Chiariello Vecchio, Elena Piozzi, Salvatore Troisi, Adriano Magli |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Visual acuity Corneal Pachymetry genetic structures Riboflavin Visual Acuity Cell Count Cornea 0302 clinical medicine Topical anesthesia Medicine Child Pediatric Photosensitizing Agents medicine.diagnostic_test Medicine (all) Endothelium Corneal Iontophoresis Corneal topography Cross-Linking Reagents medicine.anatomical_structure Female Collagen medicine.symptom Tomography Optical Coherence Crosslinking Keratoconus Ophthalmology medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Ultraviolet Rays Corneal Stroma Uncorrected visual acuity 03 medical and health sciences Humans In patient business.industry medicine.disease eye diseases Surgery Photochemotherapy 030221 ophthalmology & optometry sense organs business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Popis: | To evaluate the efficiency and safety of iontophoretic transepithelial corneal crosslinking in pediatric patients with progressive keratoconus underwent general or topical anesthesia in 18 months follow-up. 13 patients (13 eyes) diagnosed with progressive keratoconus underwent corneal CXL with iontophoresis (I-CXL). Riboflavin solution was administered by iontophoresis for 5 min, and then UV-A irradiation (10 mW/cm) was performed for 9 min. Preoperative and post-operative visits at 1, 6, 12, and 18 months assessed the following parameters: uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), slit-lamp biomicroscopy, corneal topography, optical tomography, and pachymetry with Pentacam (Oculus Optikgeräte GmbH, Wetzlar, Germany), endothelial biomicroscopy (Konan Specular Microscope; Konan Medical, Inc., Hyogo, Japan). The paired Student t test was used to compare data during the follow-up. 10 males and 3 females with a mean age of 15.4 ± 1.7 years (range 11-18 years) were included. The results showed a stabilization of the refractive UCVA and BCVA as early as the first post-operative month, with a slight improvement over time. The Kmax remained stable throughout follow-up (p = 0.04). Transepithelial collagen crosslinking by iontophoresis, unlike other transepithelial techniques seems to halt pediatric keratoconus progression over 18 months. This is the second study evaluating CXL with iontophoresis in pediatric patients with progressive keratoconus with 18 months of follow-up using two different ways of anesthesia. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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