title: Changes in axial length, central cornea thickness, and anterior chamber depth after rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study was designed to measure changes in anterior chamber depth (ACD), central cornea thickness (CCT), and axial length (AL) after scleral buckle (SB) surgery or pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for the repair of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD).
  
  
  METHODS
  We prospectively reviewed the records of 245 eyes of 245 patients scheduled to undergo SB surgery and 238 eyes of 238 patients scheduled to undergo PPV. ACD, CCT, and AL were measured by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and biometry, before surgery as well as 6 and 12 months postoperatively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For both SB and PPV surgeries, ACD was observed to decrease significantly postoperatively, with this trend continuing throughout the follow-up period (p < 0.005). CCT showed no significant difference after PPV or SB surgery. AL increased significantly after SB surgery but not PPV.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results show that SB surgery altered the shape of the eye by changing both ACD and AL. PPV resulted in altered ACD. These findings should elucidate the changes to be expected after SB and PPV surgeries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Retina and Vitreous, The Second People's Hospital of Jinan, 148# Jingyi Road, Jinan, 250001, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Chunmei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Retina and Vitreous, The Second People's Hospital of Jinan, 148# Jingyi Road, Jinan, 250001, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Tonghe
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Retina and Vitreous, The Second People's Hospital of Jinan, 148# Jingyi Road, Jinan, 250001, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Retina and Vitreous, The Second People's Hospital of Jinan, 148# Jingyi Road, Jinan, 250001, People's Republic of China. jiqiang2013@sina.com.cn.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.affiliation: Department of Retina and Vitreous, The Second People's Hospital of Jinan, 148# Jingyi Road, Jinan, 250001, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ruili
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000473:pathology*; D058452:Axial Length, Eye / Q000502:physiology*; D001699:Biometry; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Anterior chamber depth; Axial length; Central cornea thickness; Optical coherence tomography; Retinal detachment