Doğan AŞ, Gürdal C, Köylü MT. Does Dry Eye Affect Repeatability of Corneal Topography Measurements?
Turk J Ophthalmol 2018;
48:57-60. [PMID:
29755816 PMCID:
PMC5938476 DOI:
10.4274/tjo.10179]
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Abstract
Objectives:
The purpose of this study was to assess the repeatability of corneal topography measurements in dry eye patients and healthy controls.
Materials and Methods:
Participants underwent consecutive corneal topography measurements (Sirius; Costruzione Strumenti Oftalmici, Florence, Italy). Two images with acquisition quality higher than 90% were accepted. The following parameters were evaluated: minimum and central corneal thickness, aqueous depth, apex curvature, anterior chamber volume, horizontal anterior chamber diameter, iridocorneal angle, cornea volume, and average simulated keratometry. Repeatability was assessed by calculating intra-class correlation coefficient.
Results:
Thirty-three patients with dry eye syndrome and 40 healthy controls were enrolled to the study. The groups were similar in terms of age (39 [18-65] vs. 30.5 [18-65] years, p=0.198) and gender (M/F: 4/29 vs. 8/32, p=0.366). Intra-class correlation coefficients among all topography parameters within both groups showed excellent repeatability (>0.90).
Conclusion:
The anterior segment measurements provided by the Sirius corneal topography system were highly repeatable for dry eye patients and are sufficiently reliable for clinical practice and research.
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