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Binocular Dynamic Visual Acuity in Eyeglass-Corrected Myopic Patients
Published on: March 29, 2022
Visual acuity in patients with keratoconus: a comparison with matched regular myopic astigmatism
Michael Mimouni1, Riham Najjar2, Gilad Rabina3
1Department of Ophthalmology, Rambam Health Care Campus and Ruth Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. m_mimouni@rambam.health.gov.il.
Purpose:
To compare uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) and best-corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) between patients with keratoconus (KC) and matched patients with regular myopic astigmatism.
Methods:
This retrospective study included consecutive patients diagnosed with KC between 2008 and 2013 at Care-Vision Laser Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel, and matched patients with regular myopic astigmatism. Data included were central corneal thickness (CCT), spherical equivalent (SE), cylinder (CYL), mean keratometric power, maximum keratometric power (Kmax), UDVA, CDVA, and defocus equivalent (DEQ).
Results:
The KC group included 734 patients with a mean age of 33.8 ± 9.5 years. The matched, control group included 1462 patients with a mean age of 33.2 ± 9.7 years (p = 0.14). The mean SE and CYL of the KC group were - 3.34 ± 3.29D and - 3.01 ± 1.99D, respectively, compared to - 3.34 ± 2.92D (p = 0.98) and - 2.97 ± 1.35 (p = 0.58). Mean K (46.8 ± 3.3D versus 44.0 ± 1.8D, p < 0.0001) and Kmax (48.4 ± 4.0D versus 45.3 ± 2.0D, p < 0.0001) were statically significant higher in the KC group. CCT was significantly thinner in the KC group (444 ± 49 versus 527 ± 40 μm, p < 0.0001). The KC group had a better UDVA than the non-KC group (1.10 ± 0.68 versus 1.22 ± 0.64 logMAR, p < 0.0001). CDVA was significantly lower in the KC group (p < 0.001).
Conclusions:
For defocus equivalents above 6D, the KC group had better UDVA than the non-KC group in spite of worse CDVA.
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