Effect of Temporal Decentration of Orthokeratologic Lens on Corneal Aberrations in Swept-source Optical Coherence Tomography

Abstract

Purpose: This study used anterior segment swept-source optical coherence tomography (AS SS-OCT) to explore the effect of temporal decentration within the orthokeratologic lens treatment zone on corneal aberrations.Methods: After lens placement, AS SS-OCT was used to evaluate anterior, posterior, and total corneal astigmatism and the magnitudes of the individual 1st- to 4th-order aberrations of the anterior and entire corneal fields. Also, the 4th-to 7th-order root mean square (RMS), and the low- and high-ordered RMSs of both the anterior and entire corneal areas were recorded. We compared subjects lacking (the no decentration [ND] group) to those exhibiting (the temporal decentration [TD] group) temporal decentration.Results: In all, 61 eyes of 32 patients (44 eyes in the ND group and 17 in the TD group) were included. In the TD group, the average temporal decentration was 0.74 ± 0.15 mm. The baseline axial length, spherical equivalent, anterior mean corneal power, and anterior corneal astigmatism did no difference between the two groups. However, the TD group exhibited more anterior and total corneal horizontal tilts, and horizontal coma, than the ND group. That group also had less with-the-rule (WTR)/against-therule (ATR) astigmatism, elevated anterior and total corneal 5th-order RMS values, and greater low- and high-ordered RMS levels. However, despite these differences, the extent of myopia correction did not significantly differ between the groups.Conclusions: Although myopia reduction was not significantly compromised by temporal decentration of an orthokeratologic lens, the anterior and total corneal low- and high-ordered RMS values increased. In terms of individual aberrations, the low-ordered horizontal tilt and the high-ordered horizontal coma increased.