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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year : 2023  |  Volume : 37  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 10-14

Comparison of central corneal thickness measurements obtained by OrbscanIIz® and ultrasound pachymetry: A concordance study in the usual clinical practice


1 Department of Ophthalmology, Virgen de la Victoria University Hospital; Department of Medicine and Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
2 Department of Heart and Cardiovascular Pathology, Virgen de la Victoria University Hospital, Malaga, Spain
3 Malaga Biomedical Research Institute-IBIMA, Virgen de la Victoria University Hospital, Malaga, Spain
4 Department of Medicine and Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Malaga; Department of Heart and Cardiovascular Pathology, Virgen de la Victoria University Hospital; Malaga Biomedical Research Institute-IBIMA, Virgen de la Victoria University Hospital, Malaga; CIBERCV Cardiovascular Diseases, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain

Correspondence Address:
José L Romero-Trevejo
Department of Ophthalmology, Virgen de la Victoria University Hospital, Campus de Teatinos, S/n. 29010, Malaga
Spain
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/sjopt.Sjopt_82_21

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PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to assess the concordance between the values obtained in measuring central corneal thickness using the OrbscanIIz® and the contact ultrasonic pachymeter available in our public ophthalmology service. METHODS: Measurements were taken from 88 eyes of 44 patients using the two instruments. The data obtained were statistically analyzed using version 22 of the IBM SPSS® program. RESULTS: The mean of central corneal thickness measurements obtained from OrbscanIIz® was significantly higher than that obtained from ultrasound pachymetry. However, the mean of differences between both instruments was only 7.22 μ, which could be considered a clinically insignificant result when considering the good concordance obtained between both systems. CONCLUSION: OrbscanIIz® and ultrasound pachymetry can be interchangeable in the usual public clinical practice when measuring central corneal thickness. This is the first research found in the literature that uses a concordance study to compare the data resulting from central corneal thickness measurements obtained by an OrbscanIIz® and an OcuScan® pachymeter in our environment.


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