Hafezi Farhad, Lu Nan-Ji, Assaf Jad F, Hafezi Nikki L, Koppen Carina, Vinciguerra Riccardo, Vinciguerra Paolo, Hillen Mark, Awwad Shady T
Laboratory for Ocular Cell Biology, Center for Applied Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, University of Zurich, 8006 Zurich, Switzerland.
ELZA Institute, 8953 Dietikon, Switzerland.
J Clin Med. 2022 Oct 4;11(19):5873. doi: 10.3390/jcm11195873.
We aimed to evaluate the depth of the demarcation line following accelerated epithelium-off corneal cross-linking (A-CXL) performed at the slit lamp with the patient sitting in an upright position. Twenty-three eyes from twenty patients, undergoing epi-off A-CXL (9 mW/cm for 10 min) using a CXL device at the slit lamp in the upright position. Demarcation line depth was assessed at 1 month after the procedure using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) and specialized software. Surgery was uneventful in all cases. The average postoperative demarcation line depth achieved was 189.4 µm (standard deviation: 58.67 µm). The demarcation line depth achieved with patients sitting upright, receiving CXL at the slit lamp, is similar to published data on CXL performed in the supine position, suggesting that demarcation line depth is not dependent on patient orientation during CXL.
我们旨在评估在裂隙灯下患者直立位进行加速上皮下角膜交联术(A-CXL)后分界线的深度。20例患者的23只眼,在裂隙灯下使用角膜交联设备于直立位进行上皮下A-CXL(9毫瓦/平方厘米,持续10分钟)。术后1个月使用眼前节光学相干断层扫描(AS-OCT)和专用软件评估分界线深度。所有病例手术均顺利。术后获得的平均分界线深度为189.4微米(标准差:58.67微米)。患者在裂隙灯下直立位接受角膜交联术所获得的分界线深度,与仰卧位进行角膜交联术的已发表数据相似,这表明分界线深度不取决于角膜交联术中患者的体位。