Topographic Keratoconus Incidence In Screening Of 100 Random Students 15-25 Years Of Age In Greece
Published 2024 - 42nd Congress of the ESCRS
Reference: PPE1.06 | Type: ESONT Abstract | DOI: 10.82333/sxhe-9t53
Authors: Stella Georgiadou*, COSTAS KARABATSAS 1 , ATHINA PLAKITSI 2 , EVAGGELOS PATERAS 2 , ANASTASIOS KANELLOPOULOS 3
1LASERVISION.GR,UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA,ATHENS,Greece, 2UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA,ATHENS,Greece, 3LASERVISION.GR,UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA,DEPARTMENT OF OPTHALMOLOGY, NYUmed School, NEW YORK City,Greece
Purpose
To report the incidence of KC and subclinical keratoconus (KC) among students between ages 15-25 years old in Greece with the use of Pentacam Scheimpflug Tomography
Setting
Clinical or Private Practice Laservision.gr Clinical and Research Institute, Athens , Greece
Methods
Participants with criteria age 15-25 age , underwent Scheimpflug tomography imaging using Pentacam HR (Oculus, Wetzlar, Germany). Keratoconus and Keratoconus suspect was defined as a Belin/Ambrόsio enhanced ectasia display score of 2.6 and 1.6 respectively in either eye based on Pentacam imaging
Results
100 consecutive random high school and college students were enrolled. 200 eyes were examined Mean age was 20.95 ± 2.48(range15–25) years. Males represented 35% and females represented 65%. Among all the subjects, there were 2 eyes (1%) KC subjects, 24 eyes(12 % ) KC suspects, and 174 (87%) were normal
Conclusions
Incidence of subclinical KC among high school and college students is relatively high, hence the importance of corneal tomography screening is mandatory with the aim of prevention and early diagnosis for proper management and careful screening when laser vision correction is considered