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Outcome indicators for cross linking in pediatric keratoconus
- Source :
- Frontiers in Medicine, Vol 10 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media S.A., 2023.
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Abstract
- PurposeTo evaluate the predictive factors for successful corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) in pediatric patients with Keratoconus (KC).MethodsThis retrospective study was conducted using a prospectively built database. Patients (18 years old or younger) underwent CXL for KC between 2007 and 2017, with a 1-year follow-up period or longer. The outcomes included changes in Kmax (delta [Δ] Kmax = Kmaxlast − Kmaxpre) and LogMAR visual acuity (ΔLogMAR = LogMARlast − LogMARpre).The effects of CXL type (accelerated or non-accelerated), demographics (age, sex, background of ocular allergy, ethnicity), preoperative LogMAR visual acuity, maximal corneal power (Kmax), pachymetry (CCTpre), refractive cylinder, and follow-up (FU) time on the outcomes were analyzed.ResultsOne hundred thirty-one eyes of 110 children were included (mean age, 16 ± 2 years; range, 10–18 years). Kmax and LogMAR improved from baseline to last visit: from 53.81 D ± 6.39 D to 52.31 D ± 6.06 D (p
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2296858X
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.8076154a094bb3a06910dc7d73b2d4
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1149641