[Contrast sensitivity in deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty versus penetrating keratoplasty].
OBJECTIVE
To compare the measurement of contrast sensitivity at a distance in patients submitted to penetrating keratoplasty versus patients submitted to deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty for keratoconus treatment.


METHODS
Contrast sensitivity of fourteen subjects submitted to penetrating keratoplasty and fourteen subjects submitted to deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty have been analyzed through the Functional Acuity Contrast Test (F.A.C.T) 301.


RESULTS
There was no statistically significant difference between the measurements of either penetrating keratoplasty or deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty.


CONCLUSIONS
Contrast sensitivity was similar among the subjects submitted to penetrating keratoplasty and to deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty.
Silva
Carlos Anchieta Castro Cardoso da
CA
Departamentos de Córnea e Cirurgia Refrativa, Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba, Sorocaba, SP, Brasil. carlosanchieta@oi.com.br
Oliveira
Ederson Schweitzer de
ES
Sena Júnior
Manoel Paulo Souza de
MP
Souza
Luciene Barbosa de
LB
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity / Q000502:physiology*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D016039:Corneal Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult