title: Changes in Anterior Chamber Depth after Combined Phacovitrectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate changes in anterior chamber depth (ACD) and postoperative refractive outcomes after combined phacovitrectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study included 10 eyes of 10 patients that underwent combined phacovitrectomy (study group) and 14 eyes of 14 patients that underwent phacoemulsification surgery (control group) at İstanbul Medipol University Ophthalmology Department. Preoperative and 3-month postoperative best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), ACD, change in ACD and refractive outcomes were compared between the two groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Preoperative ACD, postoperative ACD at 3 months and change in ACD were similar between two groups (p=0.403, p=0.886, p=0.841). Postoperative mean refractive outcomes were 0.22±0.51 diopter in the phacovitrectomy group and -0.39±0.53 diopter in the phacoemulsification group (p=0.019). BCVA was increased in both groups (p=0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Postoperative refractive outcomes in eyes that underwent combined phacovitrectomy are different from those in eyes that underwent only phacoemulsification surgery. This is important in determining preoperative intraocular lens power before combined phacovitrectomy.
authors.affiliation: İstanbul Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gülkılık
authors.affiliation: İstanbul Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sevil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karaman Erdur
authors.affiliation: İstanbul Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Merve
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Özbek
authors.affiliation: İstanbul Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Özsütçü
authors.affiliation: İstanbul Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mahmut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Odabaşı
authors.affiliation: İstanbul Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Göktuğ
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Demirci
authors.affiliation: İstanbul Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Selim
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kocabora
authors.affiliation: İstanbul Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eliaçık
keywords: Phacovitrectomy; anterior chamber depth; intraocular lens; postoperative refractive outcomes