TY - JOUR
T1 - Lens opacities after nonmechanical versus mechanical corneal trephination for keratoplasty in keratoconus
AU - Behrens, Ashley
AU - Seitz, Berthold
AU - Langenbucher, Achim
AU - Kus, Murat M.
AU - Küchle, Michael
AU - Naumann, Gottfried O.H.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service, Bonn, Germany) grant no. 331 4 04 001 (Dr. Behrens).
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Purpose: To compare the lens opacity formation after penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) using nonmechanical excimer laser corneal trephination and mechanical motor trephination. Setting: University Eye Clinic, University of Erlangen-Nunberg, Erlangen, Germany. Methods: Ninety-six patients with keratoconus (96 eyes) and clear crystalline lenses were randomiy assigned to the nonmechanical trephination (NMT) group (n = 46; 35 men; mean age 38.2 years ± 10.8 [SD]) or the mechanical trephination (MT) group (n = 50; 35 men; mean age 34.4 ± 9.0 years). Suturing and postoperative treatment were identical. Dilated pupil biomicroscopy and slitlamp lens photography were performed preoperatively and postoperatively at 3 month intervals. Opacities were identified as cortical, nuclear, and posterior subcapsular and graded from 1 (mild) to 3 (severe). Results: Mean follow-up in the NMT/MT group was 3.2 ± 1.3 years/3.4 ± 1.1 years. Overall, incident opacities appeared in 23.9%/32.0% of eyes (4.3%/6.0% cortical; 19.6%/26.0% posterior subcapsular; 0%/0% nuclear) (P = .833). All cortical opacities in both groups were grade 1; posterior subcapsular opacities were grade 1 in 66.6%/61.5% of eyes and grade 2 in 22.2%/30.8% of eyes. One patient in each group presented grade 3 posterior subcapsular opacities. No differences between trephination methods were seen in a 5 year Kaplan-Meier cumulative 2risk of lens opacity formation (P = .763 cortical, P = .530 posterior subcapsular). Conclusion: In addition to its optical advantages, nonmechanical corneal trephination appears to have no adverse impact on cataract formation after PKP for keratoconus. (C) 2000 ASCRS and ESCRS.
AB - Purpose: To compare the lens opacity formation after penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) using nonmechanical excimer laser corneal trephination and mechanical motor trephination. Setting: University Eye Clinic, University of Erlangen-Nunberg, Erlangen, Germany. Methods: Ninety-six patients with keratoconus (96 eyes) and clear crystalline lenses were randomiy assigned to the nonmechanical trephination (NMT) group (n = 46; 35 men; mean age 38.2 years ± 10.8 [SD]) or the mechanical trephination (MT) group (n = 50; 35 men; mean age 34.4 ± 9.0 years). Suturing and postoperative treatment were identical. Dilated pupil biomicroscopy and slitlamp lens photography were performed preoperatively and postoperatively at 3 month intervals. Opacities were identified as cortical, nuclear, and posterior subcapsular and graded from 1 (mild) to 3 (severe). Results: Mean follow-up in the NMT/MT group was 3.2 ± 1.3 years/3.4 ± 1.1 years. Overall, incident opacities appeared in 23.9%/32.0% of eyes (4.3%/6.0% cortical; 19.6%/26.0% posterior subcapsular; 0%/0% nuclear) (P = .833). All cortical opacities in both groups were grade 1; posterior subcapsular opacities were grade 1 in 66.6%/61.5% of eyes and grade 2 in 22.2%/30.8% of eyes. One patient in each group presented grade 3 posterior subcapsular opacities. No differences between trephination methods were seen in a 5 year Kaplan-Meier cumulative 2risk of lens opacity formation (P = .763 cortical, P = .530 posterior subcapsular). Conclusion: In addition to its optical advantages, nonmechanical corneal trephination appears to have no adverse impact on cataract formation after PKP for keratoconus. (C) 2000 ASCRS and ESCRS.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0886-3350(00)00717-3
DO - 10.1016/S0886-3350(00)00717-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 11084267
AN - SCOPUS:0033731724
SN - 0886-3350
VL - 26
SP - 1605
EP - 1611
JO - Journal of cataract and refractive surgery
JF - Journal of cataract and refractive surgery
IS - 11
ER -