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Bilateral Ultrathin Descemet’s Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty vs. Bilateral Penetrating Keratoplasty in Fuchs’ Dystrophy: Corneal Higher-Order Aberrations, Contrast Sensitivity and Quality of Life

Background and Objectives: The objective of this paper is to compare the visual outcomes and quality of life (QoL) after bilateral ultrathin Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (UT-DSAEK) with bilateral penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for Fuchs’ endothelial dystrophy (FED). Materia...

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Autores principales: Castellucci, Massimo, Novara, Costanza, Casuccio, Alessandra, Cillino, Giovannni, Giordano, Carla, Failla, Valentina, Bonfiglio, Vincenza, Vadalà, Maria, Cillino, Salvatore
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7913208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33546152
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57020133
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author Castellucci, Massimo
Novara, Costanza
Casuccio, Alessandra
Cillino, Giovannni
Giordano, Carla
Failla, Valentina
Bonfiglio, Vincenza
Vadalà, Maria
Cillino, Salvatore
author_facet Castellucci, Massimo
Novara, Costanza
Casuccio, Alessandra
Cillino, Giovannni
Giordano, Carla
Failla, Valentina
Bonfiglio, Vincenza
Vadalà, Maria
Cillino, Salvatore
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description Background and Objectives: The objective of this paper is to compare the visual outcomes and quality of life (QoL) after bilateral ultrathin Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (UT-DSAEK) with bilateral penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for Fuchs’ endothelial dystrophy (FED). Materials and Methods: Retrospective comparative cohort study, including 11 patients with FED who underwent bilateral PK and 13 patients with FED who underwent bilateral UT-DSAEK. All patients were already pseudophakic or had undergone a combined cataract procedure. The main outcomes were corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) corneal higher-order aberrations (HOAs), contrast sensitivity (CS) and quality of life (QoL). Results: The mean follow-up after the second eye surgery was 32.5 ± 10.2 months in PK and 19.6 ± 8.6 months in UT-DSAEK patients. The CDVA in the UT-DSAEK group was significantly better than in the PK one (0.18 ± 0.07 vs. 0.35 ± 0.16 logMAR, p < 0.0001). The mean anterior corneal total HOAs of the central 5 mm were significantly lower in UT-DSAEK eyes than in PK eyes (0.438 ± 0.078 µ and 1.282 ± 0.330 µ respectively, p < 0.0001), whilst the mean posterior total HOAs did not differ between groups (0.196 ± 0.056 µ and 0.231 ± 0.089 µ, respectively, p = 0.253). The CS was lower at 0.75 and 1.5 cycles/degree in P the K group when compared to the DSAEK one (p = 0.008 and 0.005, respectively). The QoL scores by the NEI RQL-42 test exhibited better values in DSAEK patients in 9 out of 13 scales. Conclusion: Our study confirms that UT-DSAEK provides a better visual function in terms of CDVA and CS, together with lower HOAs, when compared to PK. Hence, the vision-related QoL, binocularly evaluated by the NEI RQL-42 items, indicates a higher satisfaction in UT-DSAEK eyes.
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spelling pubmed-79132082021-02-28 Bilateral Ultrathin Descemet’s Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty vs. Bilateral Penetrating Keratoplasty in Fuchs’ Dystrophy: Corneal Higher-Order Aberrations, Contrast Sensitivity and Quality of Life Castellucci, Massimo Novara, Costanza Casuccio, Alessandra Cillino, Giovannni Giordano, Carla Failla, Valentina Bonfiglio, Vincenza Vadalà, Maria Cillino, Salvatore Medicina (Kaunas) Article Background and Objectives: The objective of this paper is to compare the visual outcomes and quality of life (QoL) after bilateral ultrathin Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (UT-DSAEK) with bilateral penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for Fuchs’ endothelial dystrophy (FED). Materials and Methods: Retrospective comparative cohort study, including 11 patients with FED who underwent bilateral PK and 13 patients with FED who underwent bilateral UT-DSAEK. All patients were already pseudophakic or had undergone a combined cataract procedure. The main outcomes were corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) corneal higher-order aberrations (HOAs), contrast sensitivity (CS) and quality of life (QoL). Results: The mean follow-up after the second eye surgery was 32.5 ± 10.2 months in PK and 19.6 ± 8.6 months in UT-DSAEK patients. The CDVA in the UT-DSAEK group was significantly better than in the PK one (0.18 ± 0.07 vs. 0.35 ± 0.16 logMAR, p < 0.0001). The mean anterior corneal total HOAs of the central 5 mm were significantly lower in UT-DSAEK eyes than in PK eyes (0.438 ± 0.078 µ and 1.282 ± 0.330 µ respectively, p < 0.0001), whilst the mean posterior total HOAs did not differ between groups (0.196 ± 0.056 µ and 0.231 ± 0.089 µ, respectively, p = 0.253). The CS was lower at 0.75 and 1.5 cycles/degree in P the K group when compared to the DSAEK one (p = 0.008 and 0.005, respectively). The QoL scores by the NEI RQL-42 test exhibited better values in DSAEK patients in 9 out of 13 scales. Conclusion: Our study confirms that UT-DSAEK provides a better visual function in terms of CDVA and CS, together with lower HOAs, when compared to PK. Hence, the vision-related QoL, binocularly evaluated by the NEI RQL-42 items, indicates a higher satisfaction in UT-DSAEK eyes. MDPI 2021-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7913208/ /pubmed/33546152 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57020133 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Castellucci, Massimo
Novara, Costanza
Casuccio, Alessandra
Cillino, Giovannni
Giordano, Carla
Failla, Valentina
Bonfiglio, Vincenza
Vadalà, Maria
Cillino, Salvatore
Bilateral Ultrathin Descemet’s Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty vs. Bilateral Penetrating Keratoplasty in Fuchs’ Dystrophy: Corneal Higher-Order Aberrations, Contrast Sensitivity and Quality of Life
title Bilateral Ultrathin Descemet’s Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty vs. Bilateral Penetrating Keratoplasty in Fuchs’ Dystrophy: Corneal Higher-Order Aberrations, Contrast Sensitivity and Quality of Life
title_full Bilateral Ultrathin Descemet’s Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty vs. Bilateral Penetrating Keratoplasty in Fuchs’ Dystrophy: Corneal Higher-Order Aberrations, Contrast Sensitivity and Quality of Life
title_fullStr Bilateral Ultrathin Descemet’s Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty vs. Bilateral Penetrating Keratoplasty in Fuchs’ Dystrophy: Corneal Higher-Order Aberrations, Contrast Sensitivity and Quality of Life
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Ultrathin Descemet’s Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty vs. Bilateral Penetrating Keratoplasty in Fuchs’ Dystrophy: Corneal Higher-Order Aberrations, Contrast Sensitivity and Quality of Life
title_short Bilateral Ultrathin Descemet’s Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty vs. Bilateral Penetrating Keratoplasty in Fuchs’ Dystrophy: Corneal Higher-Order Aberrations, Contrast Sensitivity and Quality of Life
title_sort bilateral ultrathin descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty vs. bilateral penetrating keratoplasty in fuchs’ dystrophy: corneal higher-order aberrations, contrast sensitivity and quality of life
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7913208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33546152
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57020133
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