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Table 4 Corneal measurements following the accelerated protocol

From: Differences in corneal clinical findings after standard and accelerated cross-linking in patients with progressive keratoconus

 

Finding

pre-OP

3 M

6 M

9 M

12 M

24 M

36 M

Kmax [D]

clear

51.2

53.06

52.84

53.6

50.85

50.9

50.1

Striae

56.6

56.6

56.7

56.5

58.7

57.1

57.8

p Striae-clear

0*

0.03*

0*

0.04*

0*

0*

0*

Haze

51.6

54.0

49.9

50.6

–

57.9

–

p Haze-clear

0.83

0.63

0.73

0.71

–

0.23

–

Kmf [D]

clear

44.8

45.5

45.3

45.3

44.8

45.3

44

Striae

47.1

47.4

48.1

47.3

48.3

48

47.9

p Striae-clear

0*

0.05*

0.01*

0.15

0*

0*

0*

Haze

44.3

45.7

45.6

46.1

–

48.1

–

p Haze-clear

0.39

0.99

0.96

0.94

–

0.29

–

Pachymetry [μm]

clear

472

461.3

461.5

466

480.5

474

453

Striae

455

451.9

443.5

465

461

457

443

p Striae-clear

0*

0.16

0.03*

0.59

0.02*

0.05*

0.81

Haze

483

458.8

440

409

–

479

–

p Haze-clear

0.84

0.65

0.08

0.2

–

0.79

–

Incidences [number of eyes]

clear

75

61

40

22

20

32

10

Striae

69

59

44

27

25

29

11

Haze

3

61

7

1

0

1

0

Eyes

 

148

130

85

53

49

58

21

  1. Corneal measurements (accelerated treatment, median) obtained during follow-up and concerning. M months, Kmax maximum K reading in keratometry measurement, D dioptres, Kmf average keratometry reading of front cornea, corneal findings and incidences, *=statistical significant difference
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