TY - JOUR
T1 - Fourier analysis of single running suture adjustment in penetrating and deep lamellar keratoplasty
AU - Kaido, Minako
AU - Dogru, Murat
AU - Goto, Eiki
AU - Shimazaki, Jun
AU - Tsubota, Kazuo
PY - 2006/6
Y1 - 2006/6
N2 - PURPOSE: To prospectively evaluate clinical and visual results of running suture adjustment after keratoplasty. METHODS: Thirty-seven eyes of 33 patients received running suture adjustment after keratoplasty. Changes in uncorrected visual acuity, distance best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA), refraction, and Fourier analysis constituents were assessed before and after suture adjustment. RESULTS: Thirty eyes, which had improvement of distance BSCVA soon after suture adjustment, maintained improvement at 1 year, whereas 7 eyes with decreased distance BSCVA soon after suture adjustment experienced no improvement at 1 year. Patients with poor distance BSCVA at 1 year had significantly higher high order irregularity than patients with better distance BSCVA despite similar cylindrical power outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: Astigmatism after keratoplasty can be effectively reduced by suture adjustment.
AB - PURPOSE: To prospectively evaluate clinical and visual results of running suture adjustment after keratoplasty. METHODS: Thirty-seven eyes of 33 patients received running suture adjustment after keratoplasty. Changes in uncorrected visual acuity, distance best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA), refraction, and Fourier analysis constituents were assessed before and after suture adjustment. RESULTS: Thirty eyes, which had improvement of distance BSCVA soon after suture adjustment, maintained improvement at 1 year, whereas 7 eyes with decreased distance BSCVA soon after suture adjustment experienced no improvement at 1 year. Patients with poor distance BSCVA at 1 year had significantly higher high order irregularity than patients with better distance BSCVA despite similar cylindrical power outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: Astigmatism after keratoplasty can be effectively reduced by suture adjustment.
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U2 - 10.3928/1081-597x-20060601-18
DO - 10.3928/1081-597x-20060601-18
M3 - Article
C2 - 16805129
AN - SCOPUS:33745209224
SN - 0883-0444
VL - 22
SP - 617
EP - 620
JO - Journal of Refractive Surgery
JF - Journal of Refractive Surgery
IS - 6
ER -