The Pentacam® AXL Wave provides a reliable wavefront-based objective refraction when compared to manifest subjective refraction: A prospective study

Purpose: Accurate refraction is arguably the most important parameter for a successful laser vision correction surgery and is based on a combination of manifest and cycloplegic refraction. Wavefront?based objective refraction may be useful in the evaluation of patients. So far, the reliability of objective refraction as measured using the Pentacam® AXL Wave has not been published in the literature. Methods: This was a prospective study including a total of 168 eyes belonging to 84 young non?presbyopic patients evaluated for refractive surgery. Pentacam® AXL Wave full sequence was taken for all patients. Then, a clinician who was unaware of the objective refraction results performed a full physical examination, including manifest refraction starting from an autorefractometer value. All refraction values were transferred to astigmatic power vectors as per the Thibos method. Reliability of the different vectors and a unifying blur value were compared using Spearman correlation, Bland–Altman plot, and intraclass correlation coefficient. Results: The mean age was 28.8 ± 5.4 years, with a female preponderance (60.7%). The correlation between both eyes was high. The difference in M vector between subjective and objective refraction was 0.16 D, while the difference was 0.04 and 0.01 D for the J0 and J45 vectors, respectively. Paired samples Student t was non?significant for all comparisons. Spearman rho correlations were high (0.666–0.924, all P < 0.001). Intraclass correlation coefficients were also high (0.890–0.966). Bland–Altman plots did not demonstrate any systematic errors. Conclusion: Wavefront?based refractive refraction obtained using the Pentacam® AXL Wave is highly agreeable and correlated with measurements obtained by manifest subjective refraction.

The evaluation of postoperative objective and subjective refraction for premium intraocular lenses / A avaliação da refração objetiva e subjetiva pós-operatória para lentes intraoculares premium

Abstract Purpose: To evaluate six different premium IOLs retrospectively in respect to both subjective and objective refraction after cataract operation. Methods: Five hundreds and seventy eyes of 285 patients with bilateral cataract who had undergone phacoemulsification and IOL implantation operation between February 2017 and September 2018 were enrolled in this study. The mean age of the patients was 57.78 ± 7.49 (41-71) years. Out of 285 patients 137 were male (48.07%) and 148 were female (51.93%). TheIOLsusedare: RayOne Trifocal (Rayner, Worthing, UK), Lucidis (Swiss Advanced Vision, Neuchâtel, Switzerland), PanOptix (Alcon, Fort Worth, USA), LentisMplus (Oculentis, Berlin, Germany), TecnisSymfony (Abbott, Illinois, USA) and Acriva Trinova (VSY Biotechnology, Istanbul, Turkey). Results: There were no significant differences among the groups regarding age, sex, axial length, the mean preoperative and postoperative uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), the mean preoperative spherical equivalent (SE) and the mean postoperative SE (subjective measurement) (P> .05). The postoperative refractions measured with autorefractometer were more myopic than subjective refractions in all patients except the patients who had PanOptix IOL. In postoperative twelfth month, the mean UCVA arrived 0.00 logMAR in 405 eyes (78.48%) , however, the mean autorefractometric measurement was -1.28 ± 1.02 (0.00_-2.75) D. Conclusion: The autorefractometer measurements of all patients who had premium IOLs except PanOptix IOL were not coherent with their visual acuities postoperatively. The ophthalmologists and/or optometrists should be careful while examining these types of patients.

Resumo Objetivo: Avaliar retrospectivamente seis diferentes LIOs premium em relação à refração subjetiva e objetiva após operação de catarata. Métodos: Quinhentos e setenta (570) olhos de 285 pacientes com catarata bilateral submetidos a facoemulsificação e operação de implantação de LIO entre fevereiro de 2017 e setembro de 2018 foram incluídos neste estudo. A média de idade dos pacientes foi de 57,78 ± 7,49 (41-71) anos. Dos 285 pacientes, 137 eram do sexo masculino (48,07%) e 148, do sexo feminino (51,93%). As seguintes IOLs foram utilizadas: RayOne Trifocal (Rayner, Worthing, Reino Unido), Lucidis (Swiss Advanced Vision, Neuchâtel, Suíça), PanOptix (Alcon, Fort Worth, EUA), LentisMplus (Oculentis, Berlim, Alemanha), TecnisSymfony (Abbott, Illinois, EUA) e Acriva Trinova (VSY Biotechnology, Istambul, Turquia). Resultados: Não houve diferenças significativas entre os grupos em relação à idade, sexo, comprimento axial, média da acuidade visual não corrigida pré e pós-operatória (AVNC), melhor acuidade visual corrigida (MAVC), equivalente esférico pré-operatório médio (EE) e EE pós-operatório médio (medição subjetiva) (P > 0,05). As refrações pós-operatórias medidas com autorefratômetro foram mais míopes do que as refrações subjetivas em todos os pacientes, exceto naqueles que usavam LIO PanOptix. No décimo segundo mês pós-operatório, a AVNC média chegou a 0,00 logMAR em 405 olhos (78,48%); no entanto, a medição autorefractométrica média foi de -1,28 ± 1,02 (0,00_-2,75) D. Conclusão: As medições autorefractométricas de todos os pacientes que usavam LIOs premium, exceto LIO PanOptix, não foram coerentes com suas acuidades visuais no pós-operatório. Oftalmologistas e/ou optometristas devem ter cuidado ao examinar pacientes com esses perfis.

Cycloplegic effects of 0 . 5 g/L tropicamide in various low myopia age groups / 国际眼科杂志(Guoji Yanke Zazhi)

AlM: To investigated the refraction and cycloplegic effects of 0. 5g/L tropicamide eye drops in various low myopia age groups, and provide clinical guidelines for proper usage of cyclopegic agent in different population.METHODS:Three low myopia age groups (n=45) were selected, non-cycloplegic and cycloplegic auto-refraction using “Shin-Nippon” auto-refractor were performed at various time point for refractive error. The subjective accommodation amplitudes were also collected at each time point. RESULTS: The accommodation amplitude showed a similar but significant decline between 20~60min after the first cyclopegic drops in all three age groups. However, the decline of accommodation amplitudes were not statistically correlated with the results of “Shin-Nippon”auto-refraction results at different time points. CONCLUSlON: The refraction time should be arranged according to the cycloplegic effects of tropicamide. Open-field auto-refractor could reduce the usage of cycloglegice drugs in low myopia groups, even for the youngest.