Authors: K. Peško 1; K. Kozlíková 2; Z. Oláh 1 Authors‘ workplace: Očná klinika FN a LFUK, Bratislava, prednosta prof. MUDr. P. Strmeň, CSc. 2Ústav lekárskej fyziky a biofyziky LFUK, Bratislava, prednosta doc. MUDr. E. Kukurová, CSc. 1 Published in: Čes. a slov. Oftal., , 2004, No. 4, p. 275-283 Category:
The authors assess the outcomes of postkeratoplasty single running suture adjustmentin 14 eyes (16 adjustments) of 14 patients (4 women, 10 men). The averageage of patients was 39.68 year (ranging from 19 to 70 years). The suture adjustmentwasdonein time span2 to 39weeks followingafter perforatingkeratoplasty (PKP),average 7.5 weeks. Follow up time was from 1 to 12 months, average 10.8 months.The value of keratometric and topographic astigmatism before suture adjustmentwere compared to the value of keratometric and topographic astigmatism 1, 6 and12 months after suture adjustment. The changes of corneal refractive power andchanges of uncorrected and best-corrected visual acuity were noticed aswell. Themean value of keratometric astigmatism 7.47 ± 2.69 D and mean topographic astigmatism 7.75 ± 3.25 D before suture adjustment was decreased to 4.92 ± 2.41 Dand 4.83 ± 1.46Drespectively onemonthafter suture adjustment.These reductionsof keratometric and topographic astigmatism (2.55Dand 2.92Drespectively) werestatistically significant (p = 0.0416, and p = 0.0211 respectively). The mean keratometricastigmatism was still significantly lower (p
Key words: perforating keratoplasty, astigmatism, single running suture adjustment,visual acuity
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