Person: Carpena Torres, Carlos
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Carlos
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Carpena Torres
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Óptica y Optometría
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Optometría y Visión
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Item Posterior cornea and thickness changes after scleral lens wear in keratoconus patients(Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 2018) Serramito Blanco, María; Carpena Torres, Carlos; Carballo Álvarez, Jesús; Piñero, David Pablo; Lipson, Michael; Carracedo Rodríguez, Juan GonzaloPurpose: To evaluate the changes in the corneal thickness, anterior chamber depth and posterior corneal curvature and aberrations after scleral lens wear in keratoconus patients with and without intrastromal corneal ring segments (ICRS). Methods:Twenty-six keratoconus subjects (36.95 ± 8.95 years) were evaluated after 8 h of scleral lens wear. The subjects were divided into two groups: those with ICRS (ICRS group) and without ICRS (KC group). The study variables evaluated before and immediately after scleral lens wear included corneal thickness evaluated in different quadrants, posterior corneal curvature at 2, 4, 6 and 8 mm of corneal diameter, posterior corneal aberrations for 4, 6 and 8 mm of pupil size and anterior chamber depth. Results: There was a statistically significant corneal thinning (p < 0.05) in the inferior region of the KC group and in the superior region of the ICRS group. No change (p > 0.05) in the anterior chamber depth was found. The KC group showed a steepening (p < 0.05) in the temporal quadrant and a flattening that mainly affected to the superior-nasal quadrant. The ICRS group showed a steepening (p < 0.05) that mainly affected to the superior-nasal quadrant. Regarding posterior corneal aberrations, only changes (p < 0.05) in Z4 for 8 mm and Z8 for 4 mm were found in the KC group. Conclusions: Short-term scleral lens wear showed a thinning of the cornea and changes in the posterior corneal curvature affects different regions in keratoconus patients with and without ICRS.Item Anterior Corneal Curvature and Aberration Changes After Scleral Lens Wear in Keratoconus Patients With and Without Ring Segments(Eye & Contact Lens: Science & Clinical Practice, 2019) Serramito Blanco, María; Carpena Torres, Carlos; Carballo Álvarez, Jesús; Piñero, David; Lipson, Michael; Carracedo Rodríguez, Juan GonzaloObjective: To evaluate changes in the anterior corneal curvature and aberrometry after scleral contact lens wear in keratoconus (KC) subjects with and without intracorneal ring segments (ICRS). Methods: Twenty-six subjects diagnosed with keratoconus were selected to participate in the study. Subjects were divided into 2 groups, those with ICRS (KC-ICRS group) and those without ICRS (KC group). Subjects were instructed to wear 16.5-mm scleral lenses for 8 hours. Topographic and aberrometric parameters were evaluated before lens wear and immediately after lens removal. Anterior corneal curvature was evaluated at corneal diameters of 2, 4, 6, and 8 mm, and corneal aberrations were measured at 4-, 6-, and 8-mm pupil diameters. Results: The mean age of subjects was 36.95±8.95 years. In KC group, there was a statistically significant flattening of the central corneal curvature, from 6.98 to 7.09 mm (P<0.05). No changes were found in the central corneal curvature in the KC-ICRS group. The KC group showed anterior corneal curvature flattening, mainly in the nasal quadrant. The KC-ICRS group showed flattening primarily in the inferior hemisphere. In the KC group, spherical aberration for 6-mm pupil increased significantly. In the KC-ICRS group, changes in aberrations were significant for high-order root mean square at 4- and 6-mm pupil diameters (P<0.05), for oblique astigmatism for 4 mm and 6 mm, and for vertical coma for 4-mm pupil (P<0.05). Conclusion: Short-term scleral lens wear showed flattening of the anterior corneal surface in all subjects. In the KC group, the flattening was more pronounced in the nasal quadrant while changes were more pronounced inferiorly in KC-ICRS group.Item Stabilization of comfort and visual quality after the insertion of soft contact lenses(Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 2021) Carpena Torres, Carlos; Pastrana Robles, Cristina; Rodríguez Pomar, Candela; Serramito Blanco, María; Carracedo Rodríguez, Juan GonzaloPurpose: To evaluate comfort, visual function, and in vivo wettability after the insertion of hydrogel and silicone hydrogel contact lenses for a better understanding of how long practitioners should wait for the initial evaluation of soft contact lenses. Methods: A short-term prospective, contralateral, randomized, and participant-masked study was carried out. Twenty healthy participants (25.4 ± 2.6 years) were evaluated after the insertion of two different soft contact lenses at different times (1, 5, 10, 20, 30 min). Ocufilcon D (hydrogel) and Somofilcon A (silicone hydrogel) contact lenses were randomly assigned to both eyes of the same participant. Comfort, visual function under photopic conditions in terms of high-contrast visual acuity, low-contrast visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, and in vivo wettability were measured. Results: There was an increase in comfort (p < 0.001), high-contrast visual acuity (p < 0.05), and contrast sensitivity (p < 0.001, only with silicone hydrogel) directly related to time after contact lens insertion. Besides, in vivo wettability suffered a statistically significant deterioration directly related to time with both contact lenses (p < 0.05). Except for comfort and contrast sensitivity, all the parameters stabilized their values 10 min after the insertion of both soft contact lenses. Additionally, in vivo wettability and visual acuity differences were found between hydrogel and silicone hydrogel contact lenses (p < 0.05). Conclusions: It would be possible to properly evaluate high-contrast visual acuity, low-contrast visual acuity, and in vivo wettability 10 min after the insertion of both soft contact lenses.Item Variation of Coma Aberration With Prismatic Soft Contact Lenses(Eye & Contact Lens, 2018) Carpena Torres, Carlos; López Alonso, José Manuel; Burgos Martínez, Mercedes; Carracedo Rodríguez, Juan Gonzalo; Carballo Álvarez, JesúsPURPOSE: To analyze the variation in vertical coma and the rest of ocular aberrations before and after fitting prismatic soft contact lenses (PSCL). METHODS: Thirty-seven eyes of 20 healthy subjects (24.30±2.03 years) were evaluated to analyze the variation in ocular wavefront aberrations before and after fitting PSCL of different base-down prism values (1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 prism diopters [PD]), designed to study its influence in the compensation of vertical coma aberration. A Hartmann-Shack sensor with a wavelength of 780 nm was used, considering a pupil size of 3 mm. In addition, the influence of PSCL in visual function under photopic conditions in terms of high-contrast visual acuity and contrast sensitivity was evaluated. RESULTS: There was statistically significant differences (P<0.05) in ocular aberrations from first to seventh order after fitting PSCL, but only the differences in vertical tilt, horizontal tilt, defocus, vertical astigmatism, and vertical coma were clinically relevant (Strehl ratio <0.8). The mean of vertical coma (μm) was 0.022±0.030 for control, 0.045±0.064 for 1.0 PD (P=0.645), 0.048±0.053 for 1.5 PD (P=0.037), and 0.074±0.047 for 2.0 PD (P<0.001). The changes in visual function under photopic conditions were not clinically relevant. CONCLUSIONS: PSCL induce a magnitude of vertical coma aberration directly proportional to prism value without affecting the rest of ocular high-order aberrations.Item In Vitro Evaluation of Soft Contact Lens Wettability With a Nonmodified Commercial Videokeratoscope(Eye & contact lens, 2024) Carpena Torres, Carlos; Ferrando León, Elena; García García, Carla; Romaguera, María; Huete Toral, Fernando; Carracedo Rodríguez, Juan GonzaloPurpose: To evaluate a new in vitro technique for measuring soft contact lens wettability using a nonmodified commercial videokeratoscope, the Medmont E300. To this end, the capability of different artificial tears containing hyaluronic acid (HA) to improve soft contact lens wettability in vitro was investigated. Methods: An experimental in vitro study was conducted to assess the wetting properties of three artificial tears containing different concentrations of HA (0.1%, 0.2%, and 0.3%) on soft contact lenses. A saline solution was used as the control. For each solution, 15 hydrogel (Ocufilcon D) contact lenses and 15 silicone-hydrogel (Somofilcon A) contact lenses were evaluated. The in vitro wettability of the lenses was measured using the Medmont E300 with a self-developed technique, which involved measuring the tear film surface quality (TFSQ) mean, TFSQ area, TFSQ central, and TFSQ inferior. Results: Compared with the saline solution, all the concentration of HA (0.1%, 0.2%, and 0.3%) improved the in vitro wettability of both soft contact lenses by decreasing their TFSQ mean and TFSQ area (P<0.05). Regression models revealed an exponential relationship between contact lens wettability and the concentration of HA for both soft contact lenses (R>0.5, P<0.05). Furthermore, the hydrogel contact lens presented a wetter surface than the silicone-hydrogel contact lens (P<0.05). Conclusions: The measurement of in vitro wettability of soft contact lenses with a nonmodified Medmont E300 seems to be a useful technique to evaluate the wetting properties of contact lens products.