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July 2018
Volume 59, Issue 9
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   July 2018
Epithelial Remodeling After Corneal Cross-Linking Using Higher Fluence and Accelerated Treatment Time
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Claudia E Perez Straziota
    Cornea Eye Institute, Beverly Hills, California, United States
    Roski Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Ilyse Haberman
    Ophthalmology, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States
  • Alvaro Fidalgo Broncano, MD, FEBO
    Oftalmologia, Clinica El Brillante, Cordoba, Spain
  • Sang Woo Kim
    Ophthalmology, Ulsan University of College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea (the Republic of)
  • Paul Z Lang
    Roski Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Farhad Hafezi
    Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
    ELZA Institute, Dietikon/Zurich, Switzerland
  • James Bradley Randleman
    Roski Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships   Claudia Perez Straziota, None; Ilyse Haberman, None; Alvaro Fidalgo Broncano, MD, FEBO, None; Sang Woo Kim, None; Paul Lang, None; Farhad Hafezi, EMAGine AG (P), EMAGine AG (F); James Randleman, None
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      Claudia E Perez Straziota, Ilyse Haberman, Alvaro Fidalgo Broncano, MD, FEBO, Sang Woo Kim, Paul Z Lang, Farhad Hafezi, James Bradley Randleman; Epithelial Remodeling After Corneal Cross-Linking Using Higher Fluence and Accelerated Treatment Time. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2018;59(9):1388.

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Abstract

Purpose : To evaluate changes in regional corneal epithelial thickness after corneal cross-linking using higher fluence (7.2 J/cm2) and accelerated treatment time (4 minutes) [A-CXL] in eyes with keratoconus using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and to correlate focal epithelial and focal anterior curvature changes.

Methods : Patients with keratoconus randomized to undergo A-CXL were prospectively measured using anterior segment SD-OCT (RTVue-100; Optovue, Inc., Fremont, CA) to compare regional corneal epithelial thickness and Scheimpflug imaging for focal axial curvature in eyes with keratoconus before and 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after accelerated CXL.

Results : In total, 27 eyes from 20 patients were evaluated. Prior to A-CXL, epithelium was thinnest in the inferior inner and outer temporal regions, while 12 months postoperatively epithelium was significantly thinned in the outer nasal region by 3.2 μm, inner nasal by 3.2 μm, outer inferonasal by 3.4 μm, inner inferonasal by 1.4 μm, outer inferior by 1.8 μm, outer inferotemporal by 1.8 μm, and outer temporal by 1.1 μm (P < 0.05, all measurements), with no significant changes from 6 to 12-months. Epithelial thickness standard deviation across the central 6mm was significantly reduced by 3 months (1.4 μm, P = 0.09) and remained stable (reduced by 0.09 μm) at 1 year after A-CXL (P = .009). Change in epithelial thickness was poorly correlated to change in anterior curvature (r = -0.035) with wide variation between eyes.

Conclusions : Significant epithelial remodeling occurs after accelerated CXL in eyes with keratoconus. The epithelium becomes thinner in pre-operatively thicker regions and more regular across the central 6mm of the cornea over the first 6 months after treatment, and stabilizes by 1 year. There was minimal overall correlation between focal epithelial thickness and anterior curvature changes, with wide variability. Establishing the pattern of epithelial remodeling after cross-linking may help optimize future customized treatment protocols.

This is an abstract that was submitted for the 2018 ARVO Annual Meeting, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, April 29 - May 3, 2018.

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