Objective Monitoring of Corneal Backward Light Scattering After Femtosecond Laser-assisted LASIK

Journal of Refractive Surgery
Giacomo SaviniPietro Ducoli

Abstract

To investigate the changes in corneal backward light scattering, as measured by a rotating Scheimpflug camera with automated corneal densitometry software, in eyes treated with femtosecond laser-assisted LASIK (FS-LASIK). The cornea was examined preoperatively and postoperatively at 1 day, 1 week, and 1, 3, and 6 months in 23 patients who underwent myopic FS-LASIK. Local analysis of corneal backscatter was performed on four concentric radial zones across a 12-mm diameter (0 to 2, 2 to 6, 6 to 10, and 10 to 12 mm) and at a different corneal depth (anterior 120 µm, central and posterior 60 µm). A statistically significant increase in corneal backward light scattering (P < .0001) was detected within the central 10 mm of the anterior cornea. The increase in corneal densitometry was gradually reversed over 6 months. The difference compared to preoperative values was no longer statistically significant at 3 and 6 months after surgery in the central cornea, whereas it remained significant in the mid-peripheral annulus (ranging from 6 to 10 mm), where the flap edge was located. FS-LASIK is followed by an increase in corneal backward light scattering during the early postoperative period that returns to baseline by 3 months. Whereas the...Continue Reading

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