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Corneal diameter measurements by 3 optical biometers and their effect on phakic intraocular lens sizing
Giacomo Savini1, Enrico Lupardi, Kenneth J Hoffer
1From the I.R.C.C.S., G.B. Bietti Foundation, Rome, Italy (Savini, Schiano-Lomoriello); University Eye Clinic, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy (Lupardi); Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California (Hoffer); St. Mary's Eye Center, Santa Monica, California (Hoffer); Clínica Miranza Begitek, San Sebastian and Clinica Miranza Ókular, Vitoria, Spain (Aramberri).
Purpose:
To compare phakic intraocular lens size calculations based on corneal diameter (CD) measurements by 3 instruments.
Setting:
G.B. Bietti Foundation I.R.C.C.S., Rome, Italy.
Design:
Retrospective interventional case series.
Methods:
Preoperatively, CD was measured with the Aladdin, IOLMaster 700, and Pentacam AXL Wave. The simulated ICL size was computed by entering CD measurements into the manufacturer's calculator. Postoperatively, vaulting was measured by anterior segment optical coherence tomography. The optimal ICL size (OIS) was calculated and compared with the commercially available OIS (CAOIS).
Results:
54 eyes (29 patients) with the implantable collamer lens (ICL) were enrolled. The mean CD was 12.02 ± 0.36 mm with the Aladdin, 12.35 ± 0.39 mm with the IOLMaster 700, and 12.22 ± 0.41 mm with the Pentacam AXL Wave ( P < .0001), with the closest agreement between the Pentacam AXL Wave and IOLMaster 700 (95% limits of agreement: -0.43 to +0.17 mm). Vaulting (mean: 558 ± 261 μm) was within 251 and 1000 μm in 49 eyes (83.3%). The mean difference between the simulated ICL size and OIS ranged between -0.11 ± 0.35 mm and 0.10 ± 0.30 mm ( P < .0001), with no statistically significant difference between the IOLMaster 700 and Pentacam AXL Wave. The simulated ICL size was equal to CAOIS in 38 eyes (70.37%) with the Aladdin, 37 eyes (68.52%) with the IOLMaster 700, and 39 eyes (72.22%) with the Pentacam AXL Wave, without any statistically significant difference.
Conclusions:
CD measurements by the 3 devices lead to similar percentages of eyes with an ICL size equal to the OIS. Agreement is closer between the IOLMaster 700 and Pentacam AXL Wave.
