Analysis of OPD-Scan and Pentacam Parameters for Early Keratoconus Detection.

Background: PURPOSE: To evaluate Pentacam and OPD-Scan parameters in the early detection of keratoconus.

Design: Retrospective case-control study.

Methods: Case group included 50 clinically unaffected fellow eyes diagnosed with asymmetric keratoconus showing subtle qualitative changes at the 0.5-D sensitivity OPD-Scan scale, as well as normal anterior and back elevation difference map at Belin/Ambrósio enhanced ectasia display (BAD) at the Pentacam. Control group included 172 normal eyes that underwent Lasik surgery and presented no complications throughout the 2-year follow-up period. OPD-Scan and Pentacam parameters were compared, calculating sensitivity, specificity, and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). A multivariate analysis was performed using Pentacam or OPD-Scan variables, and a model using variables of both devices.

Results: Pentacam variables with AUC ≥0.8 were keratoconus index (0.85), index of height decentration (0.81), and overall deviation at BAD (0.8). OPD-Scan variables with AUC ≥0.8 were keratoconus prediction index (0.83), surface asymmetry index (0.83), and total of higher-order trefoil aberration (0.8). In the multivariate analysis, the AUC was 0.85 in the case of OPD-Scan whereas it was 0.89 in the case of Pentacam. When combining all variables from the 2 devices, the AUC was 0.93, with a sensitivity of 82% and a specificity of 94%.

Conclusions: Several parameters of OPD-Scan and Pentacam can be useful to differentiate cases from normal control eyes, demonstrating even better results when combining parameters of both devices. Anterior corneal indexes were the most important parameters to discriminate both groups.