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Standard vs total keratometry for intraocular lens power calculation in cataract surgery combined with DMEK
Asher Khan1, Neal Rangu, David A Murphy
1From the College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Khan, Rangu); Dean McGee Eye Institute, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Khan, Rangu, Murphy, Siatkowski, Mittal, Riaz); Great Lakes Eye Care, St. Joseph, Michigan (Cooke); Institut für Refraktive und Ophthalmo-Chirurgie (IROC), Zurich, Switzerland (Wendelstein); Department for Ophthalmology and Optometry, Kepler University Hospital, Linz, Austria (Wendelstein); Institute of Experimental Ophthalmology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany (Wendelstein).
Purpose:
To compare the prediction accuracy of standard keratometry (K) and total keratometry (TK) for intraocular lens (IOL) power calculation in eyes undergoing combined cataract surgery and Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (triple DMEK).
Setting:
Tertiary care academic referral center.
Design:
Retrospective case series.
Methods:
Review of 83 eyes (63 patients) that underwent triple DMEK between 2019 and 2021. Biometry measurements were obtained using a swept-source optical biometer (IOLMaster 700). 63 eyes were used for statistical analysis. Mean error, mean absolute error (MAE), SD, median absolute error, maximum absolute error, root mean squared prediction error, and the percentage of eyes within prediction errors of ±0.50 diopters (D) and ±1.00 D were calculated for 9 multivariate and third-generation formulas using K and TK values (Barrett Universal II, Yeo EVO 2.0, Cooke K6, Kane, Pearl-DGS, Haigis, Holladay 1, Hoffer Q, and SRK/T). Formulas were additionally tested by using the prediction for an IOL power 1 D below the IOL used (IOLup1D).
Results:
For all formulas, MAE was lower for K than for TK by an average of 0.21 D. The lowest MAE value observed was 0.67 D for "adjusted" SRK/T using K, and the highest MAE values observed were 1.24 D and 1.24 D for nonadjusted Hoffer Q and Haigis using TK, respectively. Overall, lower MAE values were observed for multivariate formulas and SRK/T.
Conclusions:
In triple DMEK eyes, the prediction accuracy of K was higher than that of TK. The most accurate formulas were SRK/T and multivariate formulas using K with the IOLup1D adjustment.
