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Refractive outcome of silicone oil removal and intraocular lens implantation using laser interferometry
Hooshang Faghihi Habibabadi1, Hassan Hashemi, Kamran Hodjat Jalali
1Noor Vision Correction Center, Tehran, Iran. hfaghihi@hotmail.com
Purpose:
To evaluate the refractive outcome of silicone oil removal and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation using laser interferometry.
Methods:
Thirteen silicone oil-filled eyes of 12 patients were included in the study. IOL power calculation was performed using laser interferometry (IOLMaster V1.1; Carl Zeiss, Jena, Germany). All of these eyes underwent silicone oil removal and cataract extraction with IOL implantation. Post-operative refraction was evaluated.
Results:
The mean deviation of the final post-operative refraction (spherical equivalent) was -0.30+/-0.91 D (range, -1.87 to +1.3) at 12 weeks. The mean axial length of the eyes was 22.99+/-0.84 mm (range, 22.07-25.24 mm). No major complications occurred intra- or post-operatively.
Conclusion:
Laser interferometry appears to be a feasible and satisfactorily accurate method to calculate IOL power in some silicone oil-filled eyes. Further studies comparing this technique to others are warranted.
