Aim: To compare the central corneal thickness measurements using ultrasonic
pachymetry and the orbscann in normal Egyptian subjects.
Methods: 60 eyes of 30 normal subjects visiting the ophthalmology out
patient clinic at Benha Faculty Of Medicine were enrolled in this study.
AU were informed about the study and its aim and those willing to share
were enrolled. Every subject was examined by two examiners .The first
examiner performed pachrnetry using the obrscan II in the first room and
kept the results away from the second examiner. The patient was then
transferred to another room where he was examined by the second examiner
who performed ultrasonic pachymetery using the Tomey ultrasonic
pachymeter. At the end of the study both data collected by both examiners
was collected and statistically analyzed using the student t test. |
