Central Corneal Thickness Measured by Four Different Methods in Normal and Post-Femtosecond Laser-Assisted LASIK Eyes.

Park, Se Hoon; Choi, Suk Kyue; Lee, Do Hyung; Kim, Jin Hyoung

doi:2010.51.3.320

J Korean Ophthalmol Soc > Volume 51(3); 2010 > Article

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2010;51(3):320-327.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2010.51.3.320 Published online March 15, 2010.

Central Corneal Thickness Measured by Four Different Methods in Normal and Post-Femtosecond Laser-Assisted LASIK Eyes.

Se Hoon Park, Suk Kyue Choi, Do Hyung Lee, Jin Hyoung Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea. jhk0924@hanmail.net

정상안과 펨토초레이저 라식수술안에서 서로 다른 4가지 각막두께 측정계들의 중심각막두께 비교

박세훈ㆍ최석규ㆍ이도형ㆍ김진형

Department of Ophthalmology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea

Abstract

PURPOSE
To compare corneal pachymetry assessment using four measurement methods in normal and post-femtosecond laserassisted LASIK eyes. METHODS: Central corneal thickness was measured sequentially using Orbscan II, Pentacam, Galilei and ultrasonic pachymetry in 30 normal, non-surgical eyes (Group I), 30 eyes one to six months after femtosecond laser-assisted LASIK (Group II), and 30 eyes six months or longer after femtosecond laser-assisted LASIK (Group III). RESULTS: In Group I, corneal thickness measurements were similar for all four methods (P=0.202, one way ANOVA). In Groups II and III, corneal thickness measurements were significantly different (P=0.000, respectively, one way ANOVA). Compared to the Pentacam, Galilei and ultrasonic pachymetry, Orbscan significantly underestimated the corneal thicknesses in Groups II and III (P<0.005, respectively, one way ANOVA). CONCLUSIONS: Central corneal thicknesses of normal eyes were similar for all four measurements, therefore corneal thickness measurements before refractive surgery using all four measurements is suitable. However measurements obtained with the Orbscan II were thinner than those obtained with the Pentacam, Galilei or ultrasonic pachymetry in post femtosecond laserassisted LASIK eyes. Further studies are needed to determine which instrument is more accurate in measuring central corneal thickness before and after refractive surgery.

Key Words: Central corneal thickness;Femtosecond laser assisted LASIK;Galilei;Orbscan;Pentacam