International Keratoconus
Academy
Of Eye Care Professionals

With our ability to stop the progression of keratoconus with treatments such as corneal cross linking it becomes that much more important to come to some consensus about defining progression of the disease. Please take a look at published article that evaluated key corneal parameters from Scheimpflug corneal tomography which were most reliable in detecting disease progression. It appears that one single parameter is just not reliable enough and we need to look at values that reflect a group of measured parameters.

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Keratoconus is More Prevalent Than We Thought

Keratoconus (KC), a form of corneal ectasia, is a bilateral, asymmetrical, noninflammatory pathology characterized by progressive, localized thinning and protrusion of corneal tissue (Gokhale, 2013). Subclinical forms may be entirely symptom free and difficult to detect by traditional diagnostic methods; however, more advanced forms are commonly associated with rapid and symptomatic visual changes and prominent tissue irregularity, with end stage disease resulting in a potential need for corneal transplantation.