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Repeatability and agreement of 2 Scheimpflug analyzers in measuring the central corneal thickness and anterior
Andrea Bedei1, Ilaria Appolloni, Antonio Madesani
1HMO San Camillo, Forte dei Marmi - Italy.
Purpose:
To evaluate the repeatability and agreement of 2 Scheimpflug tomographies (Pentacam HR, Oculus GmbH; Sirius, CSO Inc.) in measuring the central corneal thickness (CCT) and depth (ACD), volume (ACV), and angle (ACA) of the anterior chamber.
Methods:
Three consecutive measurements were performed in one eye of each subject, with both instruments. The following were evaluated: CCT, ACD, ACV, and ACA. Repeatability was assessed by the Friedman test and agreement was assessed by 4 different Wilcoxon tests for paired data.
Results:
The study enrolled 30 patients. With Sirius tomography the Friedman test p values for testing homogeneity across measurements was with respect to CCT 0.320, ACD 0.315, ACV 0.171, and ACA 0.020; and with Pentacam CCT 0.191, ACD 0.010, ACV 0.704, and ACA 0.150. The Wilcoxon test p values for testing the measurement homogeneity between the corneal tomography Sirius and Pentacam showed the following: ACD 0.000, ACD 0.000, ACV 0.853, and ACA 0.000.
Conclusions:
The measurements may be considered substantially stable for each corneal tomography and each variable, but the 2 corneal tomographies do not produce statistically equivalent measurements.
