Research Article

Safety and Visual Outcome of Visian Toric ICL Implantation after Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking in Keratoconus: Up to 2 Years of Follow-Up

Table 2

Complete case analysis of 10 eyes with 24 months of follow-up ( eyes).

Parameter (mean ± SD)Preoperatively6 M after CXL6 M after ICL12 M after ICL 
a value′
24 M after ICL 
b value′

UDVA ()1.75 ± 0.561.84 ± 0.690.17 ± 0.070.17 ± 0.06 
0.317
0.17 ± 0.07 
0.317
CDVA ()0.17 ± 0.070.15 ± 0.050.12 ± 0.050.12 ± 0.05 
1.000
0.12 ± 0.05 
1.000
Sphere (D)−9.60 ±4.69−9.55 ± 4.67−1.83 ± 0.93−1.75 ± 0.98 
0.317
−1.63 ± 0.95 
0.005
Cylinder (D)2.55 ± 1.352.38 ± 1.291.15 ± 0.641.00 ± 0.59 
0.034
1.05 ± 0.55 
0.102
SE (D)−8.32 ± 4.33−8.36 ± 4.31−1.34 ± 0.86−1.17 ± 0.78 
0.027
−1.09 ± 0.75 
0.012
(flat) (D)45.57 ± 4.1345.59 ± 3.3844.97 ± 3.7444.99 ± 3.76 
0.610
44.93 ± 3.77 
0.131
(steep) (D)49.17 ± 4.3748.07 ± 4.4247.31 ± 4.2947.25 ± 4.35 
0.256
47.29 ± 4.37 
0.581
(max) (D)51.16 ± 4.5750.30 ± 4.5549.82 ± 4.3649.80 ± 4.34 
0.715
49.75 ± 4.35 
0.019

CXL: corneal collagen cross-linking; ICL: implantable collamer lens; SD: standard deviation; UDVA: uncorrected distance visual acuity; CDVA: corrected distance visual acuity; D: diopters; : keratometry values.
value derived from Wilcoxon Signed Rank test.
aComparing 12 months after ICL to 6 months after ICL.
bComparing 24 months after ICL to 6 months after ICL.