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<journal-id>0864-2176</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Oftalmología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Oftalmol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0864-2176</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0864-21762020000100003</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Resultados visuales en pacientes operados de queratoplastia lamelar anterior profunda versus queratoplastia penetrante en el queratocono]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Visual results in patients operated of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty versus penetrating keratoplasty in keratoconus]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez Parra]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Zaadia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Moreno Ramírez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mildrey E.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jareño Ochoa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Madelyn]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Castillo Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alexeide de la C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Charles Elizondo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Abelardo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Moya Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jessica]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología &#8220;Ramón Pando Ferrer&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>33</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0864-21762020000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0864-21762020000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0864-21762020000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Objetivo:  Comparar los resultados visuales de la queratoplastia lamelar anterior profunda versus la queratoplastia penetrante en el tratamiento quirúrgico del queratocono.  Métodos: Se realizó un estudio analítico longitudinal prospectivo en 81 pacientes con queratocono, operados de queratoplastia penetrante y queratoplastia lamelar anterior profunda entre los años 2014 y 2018. Se evaluó la edad, el sexo, la agudeza visual corregida, la esfera, el cilindro y el equivalente esférico.  Resultados:  La media de edad en operados de queratoplastia lamelar anterior profunda fue 27,5 ± 10,0 años, y 33,2 ± 12,9 años en operados de queratoplastia penetrante. En ambos grupos predominó el sexo masculino: 62,5 % en el grupo de queratoplastia lamelar anterior profunda y 63,3 % en el de queratoplastia penetrante. La agudeza visual corregida poscirugía en operados de queratoplastia lamelar anterior profunda fue 0,8 ± 0,19; el cilindro refractivo -3,50 ± 1,50; el equivalente esférico -6,07 ± 3,61, SimK1 de 46,37 ± 2,47 dioptrías y SimK2, 43,05 ± 2,47 dioptrías. En la queratoplastia penetrante, la agudeza visual corregida fue 0,68 ± 0,19; el cilindro refractivo -2,77 ± 0,98 dioptrías; el equivalente esférico -3,68 ± 1,56 dioptrías, SimK1 y SimK2 de 44,58 ± 2,77 dioptrías y 41,40 ± 2,93 dioptrías respectivamente.  Conclusiones: Los resultados refractivos son similares en ambas técnicas quirúrgicas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Objective:  Compare the visual results of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty versus penetrating keratoplasty in the surgical treatment of keratoconus.  Methods:  A longitudinal analytical prospective study was carried out in 81 patients with keratoconus, operated of penetrating keratoplasty and deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty between the years 2014 and 2018. The variables analyzed were the age, the sex, the corrected visual sharpness, the sphere, the cylinder and the spherical equivalent.  Results:  The average of age in operated patients of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty was 27,5 ± 10,0 years, and 33,2 ± 12,9 years in operated of penetrating keratoplasty. In both groups the masculine sex predominated: 62,5 % in the group of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty and 63,3 % in penetrating keratoplasty. The corrected visual sharpness in operated of queratoplastia lamelar previous deep was 0,8 ± 0,19; the refractive cylinder -3,50 ± 1,50; the spherical equivalent -6,07 ± 3,61, SimK1 of 46,37 ± 2,47 dioptres and SimK2, 43,05 ± 2,47 dioptres. In the penetrating keratoplasty, the corrected visual sharpness was 0,68 ± 0,19; the refractive cylinder -2,77 ± 0,98 dioptres; the spherical equivalent -3,68 ± 1,56 dioptres, SimK1 and SimK2 of 44,58 ± 2,77 dioptres and 41,40 ± 2,93 dioptres respectively.  Conclusions:  The refractive results are similar in both surgical technicians.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Queratoplastia lamelar anterior profunda]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[queratoplastia penetrante]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[queratocono]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[penetrating keratoplasty]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[keratoconus]]></kwd>
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