The changes in corneal astigmatism after botulinum toxin-A injection in patients with blepharospasm
- Authors
- Moon, NJ; Lee, HI; Kim, JC
- Issue Date
- Feb-2006
- Publisher
- KOREAN ACAD MEDICAL SCIENCES
- Keywords
- Astigmatism; Blepharospasm; Botulinum Toxin Type A; Corneal Topography; Eyelids
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, v.21, no.1, pp 131 - 135
- Pages
- 5
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE
- Volume
- 21
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 131
- End Page
- 135
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/24420
- DOI
- 10.3346/jkms.2006.21.1.131
- ISSN
- 1011-8934
1598-6357
- Abstract
- To determine if the involuntary contractions of eyelids may have any effects on the development of corneal astigmatism, we performed this prospective study which includes 19 patients with either essential blepharospasm or hemifacial spasm. In hemifacial spasm, the degree of corneal astigmatism was evaluated between two eyes. Then the topographic changes were checked using vector analysis technique before and after passively opening the eyelids. They were also measured before and at 1 and 6 months after the injection of Botulinum toxin. Resultantly, 20 eyes had the with-the-rule (group1) and 9 eyes against-the-rule (group2) astigmatism. In hemifacial spasm, significantly more astigmatism was found at spastic eyes. The corneal topographic changes after passively opening the eyelids showed 10 eyes with the astigmatic shift to the with-the-rule, while the remaining 19 to the against-the-rule. At 1 month after injection of Botulinum toxin, group 1 showed reduced average corneal astigmatism, whereas group 2 showed increased astigmatism. The astigmatic change vector showed significantly more against-the-rule. In the contrary, 6 months after treatment, corneal astigmatism again increased in group 1 and decreased in group 2. So they took on the appearance of pretreatment astigmatic status eventually. Conclusively eyelids may play an important role in corneal curvature.
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