Three-year follow-up in advanced pediatric keratoconus: thin corneas may not have pachymetry properly assessed after crosslinking
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Rosália Antunes-Foschini. Departamento de Oftalmologia, Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabe?a e Pesco?o, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeir?o Preto, Universidade de S?o Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, Ribeir?o Preto 14049-900, Brazil. antunesfoschini@gmail.com

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    AIM: To analyze the crosslinking (CXL) effects in pediatric keratoconus, and to identify the patients’ corneal characteristics whose pachymetry could not be adequately evaluated by Scheimpflug method after procedure. METHODS: Consecutive pediatric patients with progressive keratoconus underwent CXL were included. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and spheric equivalent (SE) were measured before and after CXL. After CXL, groups 1 and 2 were divided based on the posterior surface Pentacam quality specifications (QS): “OK” (Group 1) and “not OK” (Group 2). The mean (RmF and RmB) and minimum (RminF and RminB) radius of curvatures of the anterior and posterior corneal surfaces, and the thinnest pachymetry (Pmin) were measured preoperatively at 3, 6, 12, 24, and 36mo. Haze was annotated. RESULTS: Twenty-six patients (14 men, mean age 14±1.8y) and median Kmax of 59.9 D initially and 61.4 D preoperatively were treated. BCVA was not different before and 24mo after CXL. Group 2 statistically differed to group 1 in that SE was more myopic before and with no difference 24mo after CXL; RmF and RmB were steeper and Pmin was thinner pre-surgically. Group 2, in which pachymetric changes could not be adequately evaluated after surgery, presented with significant RmF flattening, a shift to hyperopia, and more haze after CXL. CONCLUSION: Patients whose pachymetry could not be adequately evaluated after CXL had steeper and thinner corneas before surgery. The predictive factors for impaired QS after CXL are RmF, RmB, and Pmin. In advanced keratoconus, alternative methods to analyze pachymetry and the posterior surface should be considered.

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Rosalia Antunes-Foschini, Sidney Júlio Faria-e-Sousa. Three-year follow-up in advanced pediatric keratoconus: thin corneas may not have pachymetry properly assessed after crosslinking. Int J Ophthalmol, 2020,13(10):1561-1566

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  • Received:April 22,2020
  • Revised:May 18,2020
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  • Online: August 25,2020
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