Factors predicting the visual outcome of intracorneal ring segment for keratoconus.
<h4>Objectives</h4>To identify predictive factors and to construct predictive models using epidemiological and clinical preoperative factors for the visual acuity change after intracorneal ring segment (ICRS) implantation in patients with keratoconus.<h4>Methods</h4>The medic...
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| author | Apisit Khanthik Ngamjit Kasetsuwan Sasi Yaisawang Usanee Reinprayoon Vilavun Puangsricharern Vannarut Satitpitakul |
| author_facet | Apisit Khanthik Ngamjit Kasetsuwan Sasi Yaisawang Usanee Reinprayoon Vilavun Puangsricharern Vannarut Satitpitakul |
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| description | <h4>Objectives</h4>To identify predictive factors and to construct predictive models using epidemiological and clinical preoperative factors for the visual acuity change after intracorneal ring segment (ICRS) implantation in patients with keratoconus.<h4>Methods</h4>The medical records of 287 keratoconic eyes of 230 patients implanted with ICRS at Chula Refractive Surgery Center of a tertiary university hospital (Bangkok, Thailand) between January 2012 and March 2022 were retrospectively reviewed for epidemiological and clinical preoperative variables, including those derived from Scheimpflug tomography. After randomly excluding one eye for each bilateral case, the remaining 230 eyes were randomized into two groups: a training group (184 eyes) and a validation group (46 eyes). In the training group, the correlation between the interesting variables and postoperative uncorrected and corrected distance visual acuity change (ΔUDVA and ΔCDVA; logMAR scale) at 6 months was explored, and then the multiple linear regression analysis was used to develop the predictive models. The obtained models were tested using the validation group.<h4>Results</h4>There were 5 and 14 preoperative variables that statistically correlated with ΔUDVA and ΔCDVA respectively. Only the preoperative corrected distance visual acuity (CDVAp) strongly correlated with ΔCDVA (Beta = -0.746). Using multiple regression, the preoperative uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVAp) and front mean keratometry were selected in the proposed model for ΔUDVA (adjusted R2 = 38.8%), while the CDVAp and index of surface variance (ISV) were selected in the model [Formula: see text] (adjusted R2 = 48.9%). The ΔUDVA and ΔCDVA models were correct in 47.83% and 63.4% of the validation group within 0.20 logMAR, respectively.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Potential predictive factors and models for ICRS-induced changes in visual acuity are proposed as adjunctive tools for clinicians. Such tools could be used for case selection and during counselling before ICRS implantation to maximize surgical outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0b2c593cb4234b378b177665628a0fe42024-02-13T05:33:57ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032024-01-01192e028818110.1371/journal.pone.0288181Factors predicting the visual outcome of intracorneal ring segment for keratoconus.Apisit KhanthikNgamjit KasetsuwanSasi YaisawangUsanee ReinprayoonVilavun PuangsricharernVannarut Satitpitakul<h4>Objectives</h4>To identify predictive factors and to construct predictive models using epidemiological and clinical preoperative factors for the visual acuity change after intracorneal ring segment (ICRS) implantation in patients with keratoconus.<h4>Methods</h4>The medical records of 287 keratoconic eyes of 230 patients implanted with ICRS at Chula Refractive Surgery Center of a tertiary university hospital (Bangkok, Thailand) between January 2012 and March 2022 were retrospectively reviewed for epidemiological and clinical preoperative variables, including those derived from Scheimpflug tomography. After randomly excluding one eye for each bilateral case, the remaining 230 eyes were randomized into two groups: a training group (184 eyes) and a validation group (46 eyes). In the training group, the correlation between the interesting variables and postoperative uncorrected and corrected distance visual acuity change (ΔUDVA and ΔCDVA; logMAR scale) at 6 months was explored, and then the multiple linear regression analysis was used to develop the predictive models. The obtained models were tested using the validation group.<h4>Results</h4>There were 5 and 14 preoperative variables that statistically correlated with ΔUDVA and ΔCDVA respectively. Only the preoperative corrected distance visual acuity (CDVAp) strongly correlated with ΔCDVA (Beta = -0.746). Using multiple regression, the preoperative uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVAp) and front mean keratometry were selected in the proposed model for ΔUDVA (adjusted R2 = 38.8%), while the CDVAp and index of surface variance (ISV) were selected in the model [Formula: see text] (adjusted R2 = 48.9%). The ΔUDVA and ΔCDVA models were correct in 47.83% and 63.4% of the validation group within 0.20 logMAR, respectively.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Potential predictive factors and models for ICRS-induced changes in visual acuity are proposed as adjunctive tools for clinicians. Such tools could be used for case selection and during counselling before ICRS implantation to maximize surgical outcomes.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0288181&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Apisit Khanthik Ngamjit Kasetsuwan Sasi Yaisawang Usanee Reinprayoon Vilavun Puangsricharern Vannarut Satitpitakul Factors predicting the visual outcome of intracorneal ring segment for keratoconus. PLoS ONE |
| title | Factors predicting the visual outcome of intracorneal ring segment for keratoconus. |
| title_full | Factors predicting the visual outcome of intracorneal ring segment for keratoconus. |
| title_fullStr | Factors predicting the visual outcome of intracorneal ring segment for keratoconus. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors predicting the visual outcome of intracorneal ring segment for keratoconus. |
| title_short | Factors predicting the visual outcome of intracorneal ring segment for keratoconus. |
| title_sort | factors predicting the visual outcome of intracorneal ring segment for keratoconus |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0288181&type=printable |
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