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Improving accuracy of corneal power measurement with partial coherence interferometry after corneal refractive
Michele Lanza1, Robert Koprowski2, Mario Bifani Sconocchia3
1Multidisciplinary Department of Medical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, Campania University "Luigi Vanvitelli", Via de Crecchio 16, 80100, Naples, Italy. mic.lanza@gmail.com.
Background:
To improve accuracy of IOLMaster (Carl Zeiss, Jena, Germany) in corneal power measurement after myopic excimer corneal refractive surgery (MECRS) using multivariate polynomial analysis (MPA).
Methods:
One eye of each of 403 patients (mean age 31.53 ± 8.47 years) was subjected to MECRS for a myopic defect, measured as spherical equivalent, ranging from - 9.50 to - 1 D (mean - 4.55 ± 2.20 D). Each patient underwent a complete eye examination and IOLMaster scan before surgery and at 1, 3 and 6 months follow up. Axial length (AL), flatter keratometry value (K1), steeper keratometry value (K2), mean keratometry value (KM) and anterior chamber depth measured from the corneal endothelium to the anterior surface of the lens (ACD) were used in a MPA to devise a method to improve accuracy of KM measurements.
Results:
Using AL, K1, K2 and ACD measured after surgery in polynomial degree 2 analysis, mean error of corneal power evaluation after MECRS was + 0.16 ± 0.19 D.
Conclusions:
MPA was found to be an effective tool in devising a method to improve precision in corneal power evaluation in eyes previously subjected to MECRS, according to our results.
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