245885

Comparative study between specular microscopy, pentacam and anterior segment optical coherence tomography in assessment of central corneal thickness

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Background; Central corneal thickness (CCT) measurements are important for determining intraocular pressure (IOP), examining corneal endothelium activity, and assessing patients before and after refractive surgery . Contact and non-contact techniques can be used to assess CCT, Aim and objectives: in individuals with healthy corneas, CCT values taken with three distinct devices: noncontact specular microscope, anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT), and pentacam, Subjects and methods; This is observational prospective cross-sectional study, done at the outpatient clinics of Al-Azhar University hospitals on 100 healthy eyes, Result: Regarding correlation between CCT measured by Pentacam and CCT assessed by AS-OCT and Specular microscopy. There was high positive important correlation between CCT assessed by Pentacam and CCT assessed by AS-OCT (r=0.887, p < 0.001) & Specular microscopy (r=0.863,p < 0.001), Conclusion; in normal eyes, the mentioned devices have a good correlation. Because there was statistically significant variance, they cannot be utilized interchangeably.Ultrasonic pachmetry is recommended for cases with borderline pentacam pachymetric readings,

DOI

10.21608/aimj.2022.112481.1746

Keywords

CCT, pentacam, AS-OCT, NCSM, pachymery

Authors

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Ahmad

Last Name

Farid

MiddleName

Mohammad

Affiliation

Ophthalmology department, faculty of medicine, Alazhar university, Cairo, Egypt

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ahmadfaridzebida@gmail.com

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First Name

Hassan

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Hegazy

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Mohamed

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Ophthalmology department, faculty of medicine, Alazhar university, Cairo, Egypt

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hhegaz@hotmail.com

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Mahmoud

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Ali

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Mohammed

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Ophthalmology department,faculty of medicine,Al Azhar university, Cairo, Egypt

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dr_khalil2020@yahoo.com

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5th settlement

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3

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6

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35380

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2022-06-01

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2021-12-22

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2022-06-01

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80

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85

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2682-3381

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2682-339X

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Al-Azhar International Medical Journal

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Comparative study between specular microscopy, pentacam and anterior segment optical coherence tomography in assessment of central corneal thickness

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22 Jan 2023