Ocular cyclotorsion according to body position and flap creation before laser in situ keratomileusis
Accepted 11 November 2007.
Purpose
To evaluate the degree and direction of ocular cyclotorsion according to body position and flap creation before laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).
Setting
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Methods
The rotational position and degree were measured in 140 eyes of 70 patients with myopia or myopic astigmatism. Preoperatively, an iris image of each eye was examined using the Visx WaveScan Wavefront System (Advanced Medical Optics) iris-registration feature with the patient seated. A Visx Star S4 laser (Advanced Medical Optics) was used to measure cyclotorsion on the images before flap creation with the patient supine. The iris image was measured again after flap creation with the patient supine. The hinge of the LASIK flap was placed on the superior side and by rotating from the right to left side.
Results
The mean cyclotorsional misalignment was 2.59 degrees ± 1.91 (SD) (right eye, 2.67 ± 2.00 degrees; left eye, 2.51 ± 1.98 degrees). Twenty eyes (13.0%) had cyclotorsion greater than 5 degrees. Seventy-six eyes (54.3%) had excyclotorsion. After flap creation, 107 eyes (76.4%) and 27 eyes (19.3%) rotated in the direction of identity and opposition, respectively. In eyes with cyclotorsion of identical direction, the mean increase was 1.27 ± 0.99 degrees and 1.19 ± 1.08 degrees in the excyclotorsion direction and incyclotorsion direction, respectively.
Conclusion
Compensation of cyclotorsion using iris registration can be helpful in decreasing misalignment of the axis of correction and in improving the overall outcome of LASIK.
From the Department of Visual Optics (Kim), Division of Health Science, Baekseok University, and the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science (Joo), College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Corresponding author: Choun-Ki Joo, MD, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, Korea Eye Tissue and Gene Bank, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, #505 Banpo-dong, Seocho-ku, Seoul, 137-040, Republic of Korea.
Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
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