Long-Term Stability of Femtosecond Astigmatic Keratotomy After Treatment of High Postkeratoplasty Astigmatism

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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess long-term stability and outcomes of femtosecond astigmatic keratotomy (FSAK) after treatment of high postkeratoplasty astigmatism.

METHODS: This retrospective study included patients who underwent FSAK for high astigmatism (≥4 D) after penetrating keratoplasty or deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty. Main outcome measures were corneal astigmatism, uncorrected visual acuity, and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) at 1 month and 1, 5, and 10 years.

RESULTS: Overall, 61 eyes of 61 patients (mean age 56 ± 19 years, 54.1% male) were included in this study. Preoperative corneal astigmatism ranged from 4 to 25 D. One month after FSAK, mean corneal astigmatism was significantly reduced from 9.02 ± 3.97 D to 4.86 ± 3.10 D ( P < 0.001). Thereafter, corneal astigmatism remained stable at all visits up to 10 years ( P < 0.05 for all compared with baseline). After FSAK, there was a significant improvement in logMAR uncorrected visual acuity from 1.21 ± 0.48 to 0.87 ±0.54 ( P < 0.001) and logMAR BCVA from 1.03 ± 0.55 to 0.49 ± 0.45 ( P < 0.001) which remained stable up to 10 years. A mild reduction in BCVA improvement was seen between 1 month and 1 year.

CONCLUSIONS: Femtosecond astigmatic keratotomy was effective and stable at reducing very high magnitudes of postkeratoplasty astigmatism over the long term. The procedure also had a stable effect on visual acuity, albeit some reduction in the degree of BCVA improvement was seen over the early postoperative period.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

Enthalten in:

Cornea - 42(2023), 9 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 1110-1115

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mimouni, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Kisilevsky, Eli [VerfasserIn]
Alshaker, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Cohen, Eyal [VerfasserIn]
Trinh, Tanya [VerfasserIn]
Gouvea, Larissa [VerfasserIn]
Din, Nizar [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Clara C [VerfasserIn]
Slomovic, Allan R [VerfasserIn]
Rootman, David S [VerfasserIn]
Sorkin, Nir [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 07.08.2023

Date Revised 07.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1097/ICO.0000000000003109

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NLM344841294