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Influence of corneal asymmetry on the phakometric measurement of ocular surface alignment
Authors:A. Cervino  H. Uppal   M. C. M. Dunne
Affiliation:Neurosciences Research Institute, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK.
Abstract:Phakometric measurements of corneal and crystalline lens surface alignment are influenced by corneal asymmetry in which the corneal apex does not coincide with the limbal centre. The purpose of this study was to determine the horizontal separation (e) between these corneal landmarks. Measurements were made in 60 normal eyes (30 subjects) using the Orbscan IIz corneal analysis workstation. Our results show that both corneal landmarks typically coincide, so that e = 0, but that inter-subject variations of about +/-1 mm can be expected (so that the corneal apex may fall nasal or temporal to the visual axis). This suggests that no correction for corneal asymmetry is required when estimating average amounts of ocular alignment from samples of eyes but that the measurement of e is strongly recommended for measurements in individual eyes.
Keywords:corneal apex    corneal topography    ocular alignment    visual axis
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