ABSTRACT
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.
OBJETIVO: Comparar as medidas de sensibilidade ao contraste à distância entre pacientes submetidos à ceratoplastia penetrante e pacientes submetidos à ceratoplastia lamelar anterior profunda para tratamento do ceratocone. MÉTODOS: Sensibilidades ao contraste de 15 pacientes submetidos à ceratoplastia penetrante e de 15 pacientes submetidos à ceratoplastia lamelar anterior profunda foram analisadas através do Functional Acuity Contrast Test (F.A.C.T®) 301. RESULTADOS: Não existiu diferença estatisticamente significante entre as medidas em ceratoplastia penetrante e ceratoplastia lamelar anterior profunda. CONCLUSÃO: Sensibilidade ao contraste foi similar entre os pacientes submetidos à ceratoplastia penetrante e à ceratoplastia lamelar anterior profunda para tratamento do ceratocone.
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Adolescent , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Contrast Sensitivity/physiology , Keratoconus/surgery , Keratoplasty, Penetrating/physiology , Cornea/physiology , Corneal Transplantation/methods , Follow-Up Studies , Keratoplasty, Penetrating/standards , Postoperative Complications , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Specular microscopic study on clear corneal grafts indicates that at times surprisingly low endothelial cell density can maintain the grafted cornea in a relatively dehydrated state. The critical limit of the endothelial cell count for corneal decompensation is thought to be 700 cells/mm2. This communication reports 13 cases of clear corneal graft with endothelial cell count below 700 cells/mm2.