Paquimetría OrbscanDiferencias entre observadores al realizar mediciones del espesor corneal
- JA Sanchís-Gimeno
- A Lleó-Pérez
- L Alonso
- MS Rahhal
ISSN: 0365-6691
Ano de publicación: 2005
Volume: 80
Número: 5
Páxinas: 283-288
Tipo: Artigo
Outras publicacións en: Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmologia
Resumo
Purpose: To study the corneal thickness and the inter-observer variability of corneal thickness measurements by means of Orbscan pachymetry. Methods: We analysed the central and para-central corneal thickness of 30 subjects, whose age ranged from 19 to 38 years (mean 27.27, S.D. 5.25), with the Orbscan Topography System II (Orbscan, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT, USA). The mean of five consecutive measurements of the corneal thickness were obtained by two different observers and the results obtained were compared. Results: No significant differences in mean corneal thickness between observers were found at central (p=0.749), nasal (p=0.931), supero-nasal (p=0.847), infero-nasal (p=0.930), temporal (p=0.918), supero-temporal (p=0.912) and infero-temporal (p=0.760) regions of the cornea. The maximum mean corneal thickness was found most commonly at the supero-nasal cornea (14 of 30 eyes for observer 1, and 16 of 30 eyes for observer 2). The difference between the central thickness and the maximum para-central thickness was 117 (S.D. 22) and 117 (S.D. 23) microns for observers 1 and 2 respectively (p=0.974). The difference between the central thickness and the minimum para-central thickness was 40 (S.D. 20) and 39 (S.D. 19) microns for observers 1 and 2 respectively (p=0.846). The difference between the minimum and the maximum para-central thickness was 76 (S.D. 24) and 77 (S.D. 23) microns for observers 1 and 2 respectively (p=0.895). Conclusions: Orbscan pachymetry allows central and para-central corneal studies to be carried out by different observers without any significant differences being found between them.
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