This study will evaluate the utility of TrueTear™ to improve anterior corneal surface imaging quality before cataract surgery, refractive lens exchange, or laser refractive surgery.
Corneal imaging will be repeated before and after TrueTear use during a single patient visit. Image quality measures will be compared.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
45
Ues of TrueTear neurostimulator
Price Vision Group
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Surface Asymmetry Index (SAI) Assessed With Corneal Topography
Surface asymmetry index (SAI) is an index that indicates an average value of the corneal power differences between the points spatially located at 180° from 128 equidistant meridians. A radially symmetrical surface has a value of zero, and this value increases as the degree of asymmetry is greater. Higher values are worse, but there is no set maximum value and no unit of measure.
Time frame: Change from baseline SAI at 5-10 minutes after using the TrueTear device.
Surface Regularity Index (SRI) Assessed With Corneal Topography
Surface Regularity index (SRI) is a local descriptor of surface regularity in a central 4.5 mm diameter area of the cornea. It correlates well with the value of visual acuity (p = 0.80, P \<0.001), assuming the cornea is the only limiting factor for vision. A normal cornea presents SRI values below 0.56 (the SRI would be 0 in a perfectly regular cornea). SRI values increase with increasing irregularity of the corneal surface. Higher values are worse, but there is no set maximum value and no unit of measure.
Time frame: Change from baseline SRI at 5-10 minutes after using the TrueTear device.
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