Asaf Achiron1, Boris Knyazer2, Boris E Malyugin3,4,5, Alexandra Belodedova6, Olga Antonova6, Aslan Gelyastanov6, Raimo Tuuminen7,8, Eliya Levinger9. 1. Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler School of Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Dafna St 5, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. achironasaf@gmail.com. 2. Department of Ophthalmology, Soroka University Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. 3. S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution, Beskudnikovsky Blvd., 59a, 127486, Moscow, Russian Federation. boris.malyugin@gmail.com. 4. A.I. Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow, Russian Federation. boris.malyugin@gmail.com. 5. Department of Ophthalmology, Soroka University Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. boris.malyugin@gmail.com. 6. S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution, Beskudnikovsky Blvd., 59a, 127486, Moscow, Russian Federation. 7. Helsinki Retina Research Group, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. 8. Department of Ophthalmology, Kymenlaakso Central Hospital, Kotka, Finland. 9. Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler School of Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Dafna St 5, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The most crucial step in deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) is to achieve a bare Descemet's membrane. We aimed to assess a new femtosecond laser software that allows for a precise intrastromal tunnel creation for big bubble (BB) air injection using a real-time microscope-integrated optical coherence tomography. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective review of 61 eyes of 61 patients with keratoconus. Before introducing the new software update, DALK was performed using a partial-assisted femtosecond laser (partial-thickness circular cut followed by a lamellar cut) with manual intrastromal tunnel creation (partial FS-DALK group). After the software update, the femtosecond laser created the intrastromal tunnel (full FS-DALK group). RESULTS: In the full FS-DALK group, the BB's formation was significantly higher (64.3% vs. 36.4%, p = 0.04), and surgery time was shorter (21.8 ± 5.1 vs. 25.6 ± 6.8 min, p = 0.025) than in the partial FS-DALK. Penetrating keratoplasty conversion rate (7.1% vs. 15.1%, p = 0.432) was similar between the groups. Both groups showed statistically significant improvement in uncorrected and corrected distance visual acuity, central corneal thickness, surface asymmetry, and regularity indices. Endothelial cell density loss at 12 and 18 months was lower in the full compared with the partial FS-DALK group (12 months:10.0% vs. 16; 18 months: 10.7 vs. 16.5%, p < 0.001 for both comparisons). CONCLUSIONS: Creating the intrastromal guiding tunnel using FS laser for air injection resulted in a higher rate of BB formation, reduced long-term endothelial cell loss, and operating room time.
PURPOSE: The most crucial step in deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) is to achieve a bare Descemet's membrane. We aimed to assess a new femtosecond laser software that allows for a precise intrastromal tunnel creation for big bubble (BB) air injection using a real-time microscope-integrated optical coherence tomography. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective review of 61 eyes of 61 patients with keratoconus. Before introducing the new software update, DALK was performed using a partial-assisted femtosecond laser (partial-thickness circular cut followed by a lamellar cut) with manual intrastromal tunnel creation (partial FS-DALK group). After the software update, the femtosecond laser created the intrastromal tunnel (full FS-DALK group). RESULTS: In the full FS-DALK group, the BB's formation was significantly higher (64.3% vs. 36.4%, p = 0.04), and surgery time was shorter (21.8 ± 5.1 vs. 25.6 ± 6.8 min, p = 0.025) than in the partial FS-DALK. Penetrating keratoplasty conversion rate (7.1% vs. 15.1%, p = 0.432) was similar between the groups. Both groups showed statistically significant improvement in uncorrected and corrected distance visual acuity, central corneal thickness, surface asymmetry, and regularity indices. Endothelial cell density loss at 12 and 18 months was lower in the full compared with the partial FS-DALK group (12 months:10.0% vs. 16; 18 months: 10.7 vs. 16.5%, p < 0.001 for both comparisons). CONCLUSIONS: Creating the intrastromal guiding tunnel using FS laser for air injection resulted in a higher rate of BB formation, reduced long-term endothelial cell loss, and operating room time.
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