Table 3.
Nerve Parameters of Five Patients with IVCM Data
| Subject | Mean Corneal Nerve Parameters and Duration Post-Surgery | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preop | 3 Months | 6 Months | 12 Months | |||||||||||||
| NFD | NBD | NFL | TBD | NFD | NBD | NFL | TBD | NFD | NBD | NFL | TBD | NFD | NBD | NFL | TBD | |
| Patient 2 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4.1 (2.9) | 10.4 (7.8) | 4.9 (1.2) | 20.8 (7.8) | 4.7 (8.1) | 6.3 (10.8)) | 7.6 (2.8) | 20.3 (20.9) | 3.1 (3.1) | 4.7 (8.1) | 8.1 (2.1) | 21.9 (16.8) |
| Patient 3 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.2 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3.4 (0.4) | 3.1 (5.4) | 4.7 (2.7) | 7.8 (8.1) | 6.5 (1.1) | 21.8 (13.6) | 6.2 (0.1) | 1.6 (2.7) | 6.5 (0.9) | 15.6 (14.3) |
| Patient 4 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.9 (0.8) | 3.1 (3.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3.1 (0.5) | 3.1 (2.1) | 1.6 (2.7) | 0 (0) | 3.1 (1.4) | 3.1 (3.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4.3 (0.6) | 10.9 (9.2) |
| Patient 5 | 7.8 (2.8) | 26.5 (19.4) | 8.6 (1.5) | 42.1 (17.4) | 1.6 (2.7) | 0 (0) | 5.1 (1.9) | 7.8 (6.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4.9 (1.6) | 21.8 (6.9) | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Patient 7 | 9.4 (3.2) | 0 (0) | 4.7 (0.8) | 3.1 (5.4) | 20.3 (9.2) | 4.7 (5.2) | 12.8 (1.6) | 18.7 (4.4) | 6.2 (0) | 18.7 (8.8) | 11.2 (1.5) | 56.2 (25.4) | 19.9 (4.2) | 19.2 (4.5) | 11.6 (3.1) | 58.3 (4.5) |
Note: Values in parenthesis = standard deviation.
Abbreviations: NFD, nerve fibre density in number of fibers/mm2; NBD, nerve branch density in number of branches/mm2; NFL, nerve fibre length in mm/mm2; TBD, total branch density per mm2.