Efficacy of Radial Keratotomy in the Optical Rehabilitation of Mild to Moderate Keratoconus Cases

Nisa Hastanesi

Status: Completed

Conditions: Radial Keratotomy in Keratoconus Cases

Treatments: Procedure: radial keratotomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01879631

B32IMU0050511 (Other Identifier)

B.30.2.IMU.0.05.05-11

Details and patient eligibility

About

Keratoconus is a progressive ectatic disorder that steepens the cornea resulting in a conical shape. Radial Keratotomy can provide an optical rehabilitation by its flattening effect. It can also halt the progression of disease owing to fibrotic activation in perpendicular corneal incisions.

Enrollment: 36 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• keratoconus with a central corneal thickness (CCT) over 400µm,
• poor corrected visual acuity (≤0.4 at Snellen visual acuity charts),
• contact lens intolerance

Exclusion criteria

• apical scarring,
• ocular or systemic problem other than keratoconus

Trial design

36 participants in 1 patient group

mild to moderate keratoconus cases

Description:

keratoconus with a central corneal thickness (CCT) over 400µm, poor corrected visual acuity (≤0.4 at Snellen visual acuity charts), contact lens intolerance, no apical scarring, no ocular or systemic problem other than keratoconus

Treatment:

Procedure: radial keratotomy