title: Axial eye length after retinal detachment surgery.
abstract: Changes in the eye axial diameter were studied to assess the eye globe impact of conventional operation for retinal detachment. The study included 69 eyes in 69 patients operated on for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. There were 46.4% of men and 53.6% of women, mean age 52.7 (+/- 15.21) years. Results of preoperative and postoperative ultrasonographic measurement of axial diameter are presented. The mean preoperative and postoperative eye axial diameter was 23.69 (+/- 1.84) mm and 24.43 (+/- 1.91) mm, respectively. Postoperative results showed the axial eye length to increase by a mean of 0.74 (+/- 0.44) mm, yielding a statistically significant difference from the preoperative measurement (p < 0.001). The mean myopia induced by this eyeball elongation was 1.77 D. The encircling band with and without segmental buckling used in surgical repair of retinal detachment creates circular and segmental indentation of the eyeball, thus increasing its axial length. The myopia induced by elongation of the eyeball results in considerable myopia, which requires appropriate correction in the early postoperative period to achieve favorable vision rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Ophthalmology, Clinical Hospital Center, Rebro, Zagreb, Croatia. nenad.vukojevic@zg.htnet.hr
authors.forename: Nenad
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vukojević
authors.forename: Jakov
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sikić
authors.forename: Tihomir
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Curković
authors.forename: Zlatko
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Juratovac
authors.forename: Damir
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Katusić
authors.forename: Borna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sarić
authors.forename: Tomislav
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jukić
mesh_terms: D017523:Croatia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005123:Eye / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012591:Scleral Buckling / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography