The Role of Corneal Biomechanics in the Assessment of Ectasia Susceptibility Before Laser Vision Correction.
Pedro Manuel BaptistaAna Ambrósio MartaJoão Heitor MarquesAna Carolina AbreuSílvia MonteiroPedro M A M MenéresMaria do Céu PintoPublished in: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2021)
The majority of eyes excluded from LVC in the present study met the criteria for ectasia susceptibility in several biomechanical parameters, validating the clinical and tomographic based screening prior to LVC in our center. Differences found in the biomechanical assessment regarding cutoffs used in clinical practice highlight its differential role in characterizing risk profile of these patients. Tomography should not be overlooked and the integration of all data, including treatment-related parameters, can be the future of risk ectasia screening prior LVC.