Short-term and long-term changes in corneal power are not correlated with axial elongation of the eye induced by orthokeratology in children

Jacinto Santodomingo-Rubido*, César Villa-Collar, Bernard Gilmartin, Ramón Gutiérrez-Ortega

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Abstract

PURPOSE: To assess the relationship between short-term and long-term changes in power at different corneal locations relative to the change in central corneal power and the 2-year change in axial elongation relative to baseline in children fitted with orthokeratology contact lenses (OK).

METHODS: Thirty-one white European subjects 6 to 12 years of age and with myopia −0.75 to −4.00 DS and astigmatism ≤1.00 DC were fitted with OK. Differences in refractive power 3 and 24 months post-OK in comparison with baseline and relative to the change in central corneal power were determined from corneal topography data in eight different corneal regions (i.e., N[nasal]1, N2, T[temporal]1, T2, I[inferior]1, I2, S[superior]1, S2), and correlated with OK-induced axial length changes at two years relative to baseline.

RESULTS: After 2 years of OK lens wear, axial length increased by 0.48±0.18 mm (P0.05).

CONCLUSION: The reduction in central corneal power and relative increase in paracentral and pericentral power induced by OK over 2 years were not significantly correlated with concurrent changes in axial length of white European children.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)260–267
Number of pages8
JournalEye and Contact Lens
Volume44
Issue number4
Early online date19 Oct 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2018

Bibliographical note

This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in Santodomingo-Rubido, J., Villa-Collar, C., Gilmartin, B., & Gutiérrez-Ortega, R. (2016). Short-term and long-term changes in corneal power are not correlated with axial elongation of the eye Induced by orthokeratology in children. Eye and Contact Lens, In press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ICL.0000000000000313

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