Contrast sensitivity in deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty versus penetrating keratoplasty
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Carlos Anchieta Castro Cardoso da Silva1, Ederson Schweitzer de Oliveira, Manoel Paulo Souza de Sena Júnior
1Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba.
Purpose:
To compare the measurements of contrast sensitivity at a distance in patients submitted to penetrating keratoplasty versus patients submitted to deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty for keratoconus treatment.
Methods:
Contrast sensitivity of 15 subjects submitted to penetrating keratoplasty and 15 subjects submitted to deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty have been analyzed through the Functional Acuity Contrast Test (F.A.C.T) 301.
Results:
There was no statistically significant difference between the measurements for penetrating keratoplasty and deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty.
Conclusion:
Contrast sensitivity was similar among the subjects submitted to penetrating keratoplasty and to deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty for keratoconus treatment.
