title: Increase in ocular axial length in patients with corneal opacification.
abstract: Seventy-nine patients were studied for corneal opacification and axial myopia. They were divided into three groups. One group had bilateral clear corneas; the second had unilateral corneal scars; and the third had bilateral corneal scars. A statistically significant difference was found in the mean axial length of eyes with bilateral corneal scars when compared with age- and sex-matched controls with normal corneas (P less than 0.0001). In addition, there was a significant increase in the mean axial length of eyes with corneal scars when compared with their fellow eyes (P = 0.025).
authors.affiliation: Research Department, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Gee
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Tabbara
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D003318:Corneal Opacity / Q000473:pathology*; D005123:Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography