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- - The study aimed to compare the eye distortions (aberrations) between individuals with keratoconus (a condition causing irregular corneal shape) and those with normal vision.
- - It involved 35 eyes of keratoconus patients and 38 normal controls, using advanced sensors to measure specific higher-order aberrations caused by the cornea.
- - Results showed that keratoconic eyes had significantly greater higher-order aberrations, particularly in the form of coma-like distortions, which were 2.32 times more pronounced than spherical-like aberrations, helping distinguish between normal and keratoconic eyes.
Article Abstract
Objective: To compare the ocular wavefront aberrations of normal and keratoconic eyes and to describe the characteristics of the higher-order aberrations in eyes with keratoconus.
Design: Prospective case control and observational study.
Participants: Thirty-five keratoconic eyes and thirty-eight normal controls.
Methods: Higher-order aberrations in refraction were measured with a wavefront sensor, and those aberrations resulting from the cornea were evaluated by videokeratographic data.
Main Outcome Measures: Coma-like (S(3 + 5)), spherical-like (S(4 + 6)), and total (S(3 + 4 + 5 + 6)) higher-order aberrations in both refraction and the cornea.
Results: The mean +/- standard deviation of S(3 + 5) (1.88 +/- 1.16), S(4 + 6) (0.70 +/- 0.55), and S(3 + 4 + 5 + 6) (2.03 +/- 1.23) in refraction (6-mm diameter, root mean square, micro m) were significantly higher in the keratoconic eyes than in normal controls (0.26 +/- 0.10, 0.19 +/- 0.10, 0.34 +/- 0.11, respectively; Mann-Whitney U test, P = 0.001). Coma-like aberrations were 2.32 times larger than spherical-like aberrations in keratoconic eyes.
Conclusions: The increase of ocular higher-order aberrations in keratoconic eyes results from an increase of corneal higher-order aberrations. Coma-like aberrations were dominant compared with spherical-like aberrations in keratoconic eyes. Wavefront sensing will enable us not only to evaluate the quality of vision but also to differentiate keratoconic eyes from normal eyes by analyzing the characteristics of the higher-order aberrations.
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