Characteristics of surgically induced astigmatism after standardized microincisional cataract surgery with a superior limbal incision.

Wendelstein, Jascha; Casazza, Marina; Riaz, Kamran M; Fischinger, Isaak; Fuchs, Barbara; Bolz, Matthias; Seiler, Theo G; Kohnen, Thomas; Langenbucher, Achim (2023). Characteristics of surgically induced astigmatism after standardized microincisional cataract surgery with a superior limbal incision. Journal of cataract and refractive surgery, 49(10), pp. 1025-1035. Elsevier 10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001271

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PURPOSE

To determine 1) if measurements of surgically induced astigmatism (SIA) as measured by keratometry (K) and total keratometry (TK) differ 2) if SIA affects the magnitude and/or meridian of keratometric astigmatism 3) if SIA evolves over time.

SETTING

Tertiary care center.

DESIGN

Retrospective data analysis.

METHODS

A swept-source OCT (SS-OCT) biometry dataset (IOLMaster700) consisting of 498 eyes (327 patients) from a tertiary care center was analyzed. For all eyes preoperative and postoperative biometric measurements at 1-, 3-, and 6-months postoperative visits were considered for vector analysis of SIAK and SIATK.

RESULTS

Centroids in right and left eyes were 0.26 dpt @5°/ 0.31 dpt @1° for SIAK and 0.27 dpt @4°/ 0.34 dpt @1° for SIATK. Centroids for difference vectors (DV) K-TK in right and left eyes were 0.02 dpt @ 176°/ 0.03 dpt @6°. The mean SIA magnitudes in right and left eyes were 0.48±0.41 dpt and 0.50±0.37 dpt for SIAK and 0.53±0.42 dpt and 0.54±0.40 dpt for SIATK. In eyes with ATR astigmatism, an increase in postoperative astigmatism magnitude was more common than a decrease. More than 30% of eyes showed changes in the meridian of more than 15°.

CONCLUSION

Overall, we observed differences in K- and TK-derived SIA, and changes in SIA magnitude over time. For post-surgical interventions, postoperative astigmatism meridian values should be measured to base treatments. Astigmatism magnitude showed a tendency to decrease for steep-meridian incisions and to increase in flat-meridian incisions.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Ophthalmology

UniBE Contributor:

Seiler, Günter Theodor Michael

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0886-3350

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

03 Aug 2023 12:56

Last Modified:

30 Sep 2023 00:14

Publisher DOI:

10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001271

PubMed ID:

37532255

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/185199

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/185199

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