title: Light transmittance of 1-piece hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses with surface light scattering removed from cadaver eyes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the potential effect of surface light scattering on light transmittance of 1-piece hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses (IOLs) with or without a blue-light filter.
  
  
  METHODS
  John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
  
  
  METHODS
  Experimental study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Intraocular lenses were obtained from human cadavers (49 IOLs total; 36 with blue-light filter) and from finished-goods inventory (controls). The IOLs were removed from cadaver eyes and the power and model matched to unused controls. After surface proteins were removed, the IOLs were hydrated for 24 hours at room temperature. Surface light scattering was measured with a Scheimpflug camera (EAS-1000 Anterior Segment Analysis System). Light transmittance was measured with a Lambda 35 UV/Vis spectrophotometer (single-beam configuration; RSA-PE-20 integrating sphere).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hydrated scatter values ranged from 4.8 to 202.5 computer-compatible tape (CCT) units for explanted IOLs with blue-light filter and 1.5 to 11.8 CCT units for controls; values ranged from 6.0 to 137.5 CCT units for explanted IOLs without a blue-light filter and 3.5 to 9.6 CCT units for controls. In both groups, there was a tendency toward increasing scatter values with increasing postoperative time. No differences in light transmittance were observed between explanted IOLs and controls in both groups (IOLs with blue-light filter: P=.407; IOL with no blue-light filter: P=.487; both paired t test).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although surface light scattering of explanted IOLs was significantly higher than that of controls and appeared to increase with time, no effect was observed on light transmittance of 1-piece hydrophobic acrylic IOLs with or without a blue-light filter.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Electronic address: liliana.werner@hsc.utah.edu.
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: Caleb
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stallings
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Floyd
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ollerton
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Leishman
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: Zachary
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bodnar
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002102:Cadaver; D020878:Device Removal; D006801:Humans; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008027:Light; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D012542:Scattering, Radiation
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D001672:Biocompatible Materials