Measurements of donor endothelial keratoplasty lenticules prepared from fresh donated whole eyes by using ultrasound and
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Measurements of donor endothelial keratoplasty lenticules prepared from fresh donated whole eyes by using ultrasound and optical coherence tomography Mozhgan Rezaei Kanavi . Farzan Nemati . Tahereh Chamani . Bahar Kheiri . Mohammad Ali Javadi
Received: 13 July 2016 / Accepted: 27 October 2016 / Published online: 12 November 2016 Ó Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016
Abstract This study was conducted to analyze the profile and thickness of endothelial keratoplasty lenticules prepared from fresh donated whole eyes with Visante optical coherence tomography (V-OCT) compared to measurements obtained from ultrasound pachymetry (USP) at the Central Eye Bank of Iran. Microkeratome-assisted precut corneas were prepared for Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty by using standard eye bank protocol. Central posterior lenticule thickness (CPLT) on fresh whole eye, before excising corneoscleral disc and transferring to Optisol-GS, was measured by USP. V-OCT was used to measure central, paracentral, and midpe-
This study was presented orally at the XXVVIII Annual Meeting of the European Eye Bank Association in AarhusDenmark. M. R. Kanavi (&) Ocular Tissue Engineering Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, No 23, Paidarfard-9th Boostan St., Pasdaran Ave, Tehran 1666663111, Iran e-mail: [email protected] M. R. Kanavi F. Nemati T. Chamani M. A. Javadi Central Eye Bank of Iran, Tehran, Iran B. Kheiri M. A. Javadi Ophthalmic Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
ripheral thicknesses of lenticules after transferring the tissue to Optisol-GS. Chi Square and Bonferroni tests were respectively used to uncover the differences between the USP and V-OCT measurements and also the thickness profile of lenticules. Postoperative reports for the entire transplanted lenticules were recorded. Accordingly, on evaluation of 312 enrolled precut corneas, CPLT measurements by V-OCT versus USP were statistically different (mean: 136 lm vs 165 lm, respectively; P = 0.008). Thickness profile of the posterior lenticules revealed increased thickness from the central to the peripheral parts of the cornea (mean increase of 16 lm at the pericentral and 64.2 lm at the peripheral locations, respectively); however, the increase in the thickness was relatively symmetrical. Postoperative reports of transplanted lenticules were unremarkable, since there were no posterior flap detachments. In essence, V-OCT measurements of microkeratome-assisted precut lenticules prepared from fresh donated whole eyes averaged 29 lm thinner than USP measurements and revealed a significant but symmetric increase of thickness towards the peripheral parts of the corneas. However, the variation in the thickness profile did not affect the attachment or the clarity of transplanted precut lenticlues. Keywords Visante OCT USP Ultrasound pachymetry Eye Bank Endothelial keratoplasty Lenticules
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Introduction There has been a controversy whether thickness profile of
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