Axial length measurements after cataract surgery in adults.
The purpose of the study was to check the difference in eye axial length before and after cataract surgery and to find out the possible correlation with refraction changes. The axial length was measured by ultrasound before and after cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation. Keratometry measurements were also performed. The study comprised 32 eyes. The mean difference in axial length was 0.53 mm. The mean difference in keratometry was 0.37 D. There was no correlation between these values.


CONCLUSIONS
The changes in axial length are not due to corneal curve changes. Perhaps in pseudophakic eyes different ultrasound velocity should be used.
Department of Ophthalmology, The Ludwik Rydygier's University School of Medical Sciences, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Hanna
H
Lesiewska-Junk
Grazyna
G
Malukiewicz-Wiśniewska
D000368:Aged; D001699:Biometry / Q000379:methods; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D003315:Cornea / Q000502:physiology; D005123:Eye / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008875:Middle Aged; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate; D014463:Ultrasonography
D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate