Elkadim, Mohamed MSc; Myerscough, James FRCOphth; Bovone, Cristina MD; Busin, Massimo MD.
Cornea: October 17, 2019 — Volume Publish Ahead of Print — Issue — p
Abstract:
Purpose: To evaluate the orientation of keratometric astigmatism (KA) after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) for keratoconus and its correlation with preoperative peripheral KA.
Methods: This is a retrospective, single-center observational study including keratoconic patients undergoing DALK between January 2016 and January 2017 with regular astigmatism postoperatively. The orientation of postoperative KA was classified as with-the-rule (WTR), against-the-rule, or oblique and was correlated with the corresponding preoperative peripheral KA, calculated by the sinusoidal fitting of points of the axial keratometric power map at 8 mm diameter.
Results: Forty-one keratoconic eyes were included, with the most common orientation of KA post-DALK being WTR (65.9%), followed by against-the-rule (19.5%) and oblique (14.6%). A significant correlation was found between preoperative peripheral KA and post-DALK KA regarding axis (P < 0.001, r = 0.88) and power (P = 0.0128, r = 0.23).
Conclusions: The axis of post-DALK astigmatism and to a lesser extent its respective power in keratoconic eyes can be predicted using the preoperative peripheral KA, with “WTR” being the most common astigmatic orientation.
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