title: Corneal topographic analysis by 3-dimensional anterior segment optical coherence tomography after endothelial keratoplasty.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the characteristics of the corneal topography with three-dimensional (3-D) anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) following Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK).
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-four eyes of 33 patients following DSAEK were studied. In addition to conventional topographic maps, the elevation map of the intrastromal interface and pachymetric maps of the host and graft were obtained by corneal topographic analysis using 3-D AS-OCT. The coefficient of variation of the corneal power (CV-Pa, CV-Pp) and root mean squares of the corneal elevation (RMS-Ea, RMS-Ep) of the anterior and posterior corneal surfaces were determined. Based on the combination of the regularity and irregularity of the anterior and posterior surfaces, subjects were classified into four types: type 1, regular/regular; type 2, irregular/regular; type 3, regular/irregular; and type 4, irregular/irregular.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average graft decentration was 0.59 ± 0.23 mm. The proportion of types 1, 2, 3, and 4 were 59%, 9%, 24%, and 9 %, respectively. The CV-Pa (25.8 ± 8.9) and CV-Pp (-73.9 ± 18.0) of the type 1 corneas were significantly better than that of type 2 and type 3 corneas, respectively. The RMS-Ea (5.1 ± 1.3) and RMS-Ep (26.0 ± 7.3) of the type 1 corneas were significantly better than that of type 2 and type 3 corneas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An OCT-based corneal topographer might be useful in determining the factors associated with optical quality of the cornea following DSAEK by analyzing the topographic characteristics of host and donor separately.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Ritsuko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Higashiura
authors.forename: Naoyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Tomoya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Mutsumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fuchihata
authors.forename: Shizuka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Kohji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishida
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019781:Corneal Topography / Q000379:methods*; D057111:Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*