title: Calculating axial length in the aphakic and the pseudophakic eye.
abstract: The axial length of 149 eyes (84 pseudophakic and 65 aphakic) was calculated by refractive means and compared with the axial length determined by ultrasound. The mean error (+/- SD) between the measured and the calculated axial length (measured minus calculated) was 0.02 mm (+/- 0.51) and 0.13 mm (+/- 0.54) for the aphakic and the pseudophakic eyes, respectively. The mean error was not significantly different from zero (P greater than .05). Calculation of the axial length may represent a valuable alternative to biometry for the aphakic and the pseudophakic eye.
authors.affiliation: University Eye Clinic, Aarhus Kommunehospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Olsen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001036:Aphakia, Postcataract / Q000473:pathology*; D005123:Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008875:Middle Aged; D012029:Refraction, Ocular