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Keratoconus (KC) : Improvement of KC’s Visual
Rehabilitation after Intra Corneal-Rings (ICR's) with Corneo-Scleral lenses (CSL) (SPOT® LAO Laboratories)
without Cross-LinkingSolange Leroux Les Jardins, MD 1
Guillaume Leroux Les Jardins, MD 1,3,4
1 :Private Practice, Paris, France
3 : Ancien Chef de Clinique-Assistant, Université Paris V
Groupe Hospitalier Cochin - Hôtel Dieu, Paris, France
4 : Praticien Attaché Cochin-Hôtel Dieu, Paris, France
NO FINANCIAL INTERESTwww.lerouxlesjardins.comRSSD Chicago 2014
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Retrospective Study Patients with progressive and severe Keratoconus (grade 3,4) 14 eyes, 14 patients (11 men, 3 females) Pre operative spherical equivalent (SEQ): - 4.8 D (-12 to - 0.5) Pre operative astigmatism : - 4.6 D. (-7 to-1.75) BCVA LogMar : 0.39 (1 to 0.1) All Corneal Contact lenses intolerant Cross-linking not possible as all these KC eyes had too thin corneas Mean age : 32 years (18 à 60) Operated on with ICR's Femtolaser IntraLase iFis (AMO ®) used to perform intrastromal channel Using Ferrara Nomogram, Ferrara Rings (5 mm Optical Zone), 3 months at least after surgery, adapted with Corneo Scleral SPOT® lenses to get a better VA Mean Follow up 21 months (6 à 52) after ICR’s surgery
Visual Acuity (VA) exprimed in LogMar t-test (Graphpad Prism 5 Software ©), p <0.05 : significative * Résults expressed in Mean +/- Standard Error Mean (SEM) et (Min-Max)
Material & Method
STATISTIC ANALYSIS
Purpose
To study the tolerance and BCVA improvement with the use of CSL (SPOT-LAO®) (1,2)
after ICR’s surgery for KC
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CORNEO SCLERALLENSES (CS
LENSES)SPOT® (LAO) :Large diameter Corneo-scleral Contact lensesNo contact with the corneas nor
with ICR’s
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ADAPTATION WAS SUCCESSFULL FOR ALL THE PATIENTS
TOLERANCE WAS VERY GOOD FOR ALL THE PATIENTS
NONE HAD DIFFICULTIES WITH THE MANIPULATIONNO COMPLICATION
Corneo scleral Lenses don’t touch the cornea
Don’t moove on the cornea,And dust can’t go under it.
Equivalent sphérique après ICRs (n = 14Y)
Pré-op ICRs Post-op ICRs-15
-10
-5
0
5
Moyenne +/- Min-Max
* *
Différence significative p < 0,01 (p = 0,0049)
Equ
ival
ent S
phér
ique
(D
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ICR’s RESULTS :SPHERICAL EQUIVALENT (SEQ)
( Before CS SPOTS ® LENSES) 14 EYES
PRE-OP SEQ : -4,8 D. (-0.5 à -12)POST-OP SEQ : -1.77 D. (0.5 à -5)
SIGNIFICANT DEACREASE PRE / POST-OP SEQ
P**<0,01
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AV pre ICR/post ICR/post SPOT (n=14)
Pré ICRs Post ICRs ICR + SPOT
0.0
0.5
1.0
ns ******
*** p < 0,0005
Différence significative après SPOT*** p < 0,0005
MA
VC
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ogM
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MEAN PRE-OP BCVA :0.39 (1.3 à 0.1) LogMAR
MEAN BCVA AFTER ICR’s0.29 (1.3 à 0.1) LogMAR : ns No significative Gain of UDVAbefore and after ICR’s(Our most difficult cases)°
MEAN BCVA AFTERICR’s ANDCSL SPOTS ADAPTATION0,07 (0. 5 à 0.1) LogMARp < 0.0005
IMPRESSIVE GAIN OFBCVA AFTER ICR’S AND SPOT CSL
BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY (BCVA) RESULTSAFTER ICR’s and AFTER ICR’s + CORNEO SCLERAL LENSES
(LogMAR)
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RESULTS
All 14 patients were equipped with CS SPOT ® All 14 patients tolerated well CS SPOT ® and learned easily the manipulationAll 14 patients had an impressive gain of BCVA None out of the 14 patients needed glasses with CS SPOT ®
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DISCUSSION
ICR’s improve visual acuity and stabilize KC (3,4,5,6)Nevertheless, Refractive result is better when KC isn’t too severe
and emmetropia is rarely obtained.In this series :
ICR’s have stabilized KC at the follow-up ICR’s have improved spherical equivallent,
But in these 14 eyes, refractive results had to be improved.It has been possible to improve refractive results with
Corneo scleral lenses with a good tolerance.No patient with ICR’s and Coreo-scleral lenses had to ware
glasses.
If we want to avoid corneal transplant to patients having severe KC, ICR’s are usefull tools to stabilize KC and to improve VA.
If necessary to perfect the refractive result, Corneo scleral lenses are also a very usefull tool and should be proposed after ICR’s if
necessary.
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CONCLUSION
In case of severe KC with too thin corneas to perform CXL, ICR’s improve KC’s CDVA and stabilizes KC
but UDVA rarely returns to emmetropia.To improve the refractive results, CS SPOT ® is a very usefull tool
and has to be known and proposed.
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