scholarly journals Multilevel Multivariate Modelling of The Effect of Gender and Patient Co-morbidity on Spherocylindrical Refractive Outcome Following Cataract Surgery

Author(s):  
Rahael Hughes ◽  
Petros Aristodemou ◽  
John Sparrow ◽  
Stephen Kaye

Abstract Purpose To investigate effects of co-morbidities on refractive outcomes following cataract surgery.Design Case series database studyMethods Study population: patients on UK national ophthalmic cataract database. Variables examined included gender, age, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, high myopia, inherited eye disease, optic nerve disease, uveitis, pseudoexfoliation, vitreous opacities, retinal pathology, cataract type, previous surgery and posterior capsular rupture. A multivariate normal cross-classified model was fitted to the refractive outcome using Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods with diffuse priors to approximate maximum likelihood estimation. A MCMC chain was generated with a burn-in of 5000 iterations and a monitoring chain of 50,000 iterations. Main Outcome Measure Difference between postoperative and expected refractive outcome Results 490,987 cataract operations were performed on 351,864 patients by 2567 surgeons. Myopic and astigmatic errors were associated with female gender, glaucoma, previous trabeculectomy or vitrectomy, high myopia and increasing age. Hyperopic and astigmatic errors were associated with diabetic retinopathy, pseudoexfoliation and male sex. A large proportion of the unexplained variance in EERO was attributed to unobserved eye-level factors such as biometry measurements and IOL prediction formulae.Conclusions There was minimal variation between surgeons. Co-morbidities and gender accounted for small but significant differences significant differences in expected outcomes.

2021 ◽  
pp. bjophthalmol-2021-320231
Author(s):  
Rachael Hughes ◽  
Petros Aristodemou ◽  
John M Sparrow ◽  
Stephen Kaye

AimTo investigate effect of patient age, gender, comorbidities and surgeon on refractive outcomes following cataract surgery.MethodsStudy population: patients on UK national ophthalmic cataract database on cataract operations undertaken between 1 April 2010 and 31 August 2018. Variables examined included gender, age, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, high myopia, inherited retinal disease, optic nerve disease, uveitis, pseudoexfoliation, vitreous opacities, retinal pathology, cataract type, previous surgery and posterior capsular rupture. A multivariate normal cross-classified model was fitted to the refractive outcome using Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods with diffuse priors to approximate maximum likelihood estimation. A MCMC chain was generated with a burn-in of 5000 iterations and a monitoring chain of 50 000 iterations.Results490 987 cataract operations were performed on 351 864 patients by 2567 surgeons. Myopic and astigmatic errors were associated with posterior capsule rupture (−0.38/+0.04×72), glaucoma (−0.10/+0.05×95), previous vitrectomy (−0.049/+0.03×66) and high myopia (−0.07/+0.03×57). Hyperopic and astigmatic errors were associated with diabetic retinopathy (+0.08/+0.03×104), pseudoexfoliation (+0.07/+0.01×158), male gender (+0.12/+0.05×91) and age (−0.01/+0.06×97 per increasing decade). Inherited retinal disease, optic nerve disease, previous trabeculectomy, uveitis, brunescent/white cataract had no significant impact on the error of the refractive outcome. The effect of patient gender and comorbidity was additive. Surgeons only accounted for 4% of the unexplained variance in refractive outcome.ConclusionPatient comorbidities and gender account for small but statistically significant differences in refractive outcome, which are additive. Surgeon effects are very small.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hun Lee ◽  
Jae Lim Chung ◽  
Young Jun Kim ◽  
Jae Yong Kim ◽  
Hungwon Tchah

AbstractWe aimed to compare the refractive outcomes of cataract surgery with diffractive multifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs) using standard keratometry (K) and total keratometry (TK). In this retrospective observational case series study, a total of 302 patients who underwent cataract surgery with multifocal IOL implantation were included. Predicted refractive outcomes were calculated based on the current standard formulas and a new formula developed for TK using K and TK, which were obtained from a swept-source optical biometer. At 2-month postoperatively, median absolute prediction errors (MedAEs) and proportion of eyes within ± 0.50 diopters (D) of predicted postoperative spherical equivalent (SE) refraction were analyzed. There was no significant difference between MedAEs or proportion of eyes within ± 0.50D of predicted refraction from K and TK in each formula. In TFNT00 and 839MP IOL cases, there was no difference between MedAEs from K and TK using any formula. In 829MP IOL cases, MedAE from TK was significantly larger than that from K in Barrett Universal II/Barrett TK Universal II (P = 0.033). In 677MY IOL cases, MedAE from TK was significantly larger than that from K in Haigis (P = 0.020) and Holladay 2 (P = 0.006) formulas. In the subgroup analysis for IOL, there was no difference between the proportion of eyes within ± 0.50 D of predicted refraction from K and TK using any formula. TFNT00 and 839MP IOLs were favorable with TK, with 677MY IOL with K and 829MP IOL being in a neutral position, which necessitates the study that investigates the accuracy of the new TK technology.


2022 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-81
Author(s):  
Muhammad Bilal ◽  
Shafqat Ali Shah ◽  
Marina Murad ◽  
Saad Ali ◽  
Ammad Ali ◽  
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OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency of complications following cataract surgery in diabetic patients admitted in the ophthalmology unit. METHODOLOGY: A prospective descriptive interventional case series study was conducted after approval of the ethical committee, from June 2017-June 2020 at the Ophthalmology department MTI-MMC. A total of 129 patients from either gender were enrolled in study. All the study patients went through detailed history and complete ocular examination. After necessary investigations, surgical procedure was carried out. Results were analyzed through the SPSS-24 version. RESULTS: Out of the total 129 eyes of the diabetic patients, fifty-nine (45.7%) were males and seventy (54.3%) were females with a ratio of 1:1.2. Uveitis leads the chart in complications found in twenty (15.50%) eyes while PODR being the least common found in only ten (7.75%) eyes. Worse visual acuity was observed in fourteen (10.85%) eyes. Striate keratopathy and posterior capsule opacification were found in sixteen (12.40%) and fifteen (11.62%) eyes respectively. Among the patients, 15.7% were having more than one complication during follow-up visits and eighty-eight (68.2%) eyes were found to have none complication. The age group 51-60 years observed frequent complications as compared to other groups. Similarly female gender (38.57%) has frequent complications as compared to males (2.7%). CONCLUSION: The study concludes Uveitis as the most common complication observed in 15.50% 0f the eyes while worse visual acuity (10.85%) and progression of diabetic retinopathy (7.75%) being the least common. Striate keratopathy was found in 12.40% while posterior capsule opacification in 11.62% of the eyes.


2020 ◽  
pp. 112067212096203
Author(s):  
David Carmona-González ◽  
Alfredo Castillo-Gómez ◽  
Carlos Palomino-Bautista ◽  
Marta Romero-Domínguez ◽  
María Ángeles Gutiérrez-Moreno

Purpose To compare the accuracy of 11 intraocular lens (IOL) power calculation formulas (SRK-T, Hoffer Q, Holladay I, Haigis, Holladay II, Olsen, Barrett Universal II, Hill-RBF, Ladas Super formula, EVO and Kane). Setting Private university hospital (QuironSalud, Madrid, Spain). Design Retrospective case series Methods Data were compiled from 481 eyes of 481 patients who had undergone uneventful cataract surgery with IOL insertion. Preoperative biometric measurements were made using an IOL Master® 700. Respective ULIB IOL constants ( http://ocusoft.de/ulib/c1.htm ) for each of 4 IOL models implanted were used to calculate the predictive refractive outcome for each formula. This was compared with the actual refractive outcome determined 3 months postoperatively. The primary outcome was mean absolute prediction error (MAE). The study sample was divided according to axial length (AL) into three groups of eyes: short (⩽22.00 mm), normal (22.00–25.00 mm) and long (⩾25.00 mm). Results The Barrett Universal II and Haigis formulas yielded the lowest MAEs over the entire AL range ( p < .01, except EVO) as well as in the long ( p < .01, all formulas) and normal ( p < .01, except Haigis, Holladay II, Olsen and LSF) eyes. In the short eyes, the lower MAEs were provided by Haigis and EVO ( p < .01 except Hoffer Q, SRK/T and Holladay I). Conclusions Barrett Universal II was the most accurate for IOL power calculation in the normal and long eyes. For short eyes, the formulas Haigis and EVO seem best at predicting refractive outcomes.


2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 917-927
Author(s):  
Suphi Taneri ◽  
Saskia Kießler ◽  
Anika Rost ◽  
Tim Schultz ◽  
H Burkhard Dick

Purpose: Excimer laser-based refractive procedures can have less predictable results when used for correcting high myopia than when used for moderate myopia. Small incision lenticule extraction might overcome this weakness. However, small incision lenticule extraction is only Food and Drug Administration approved for use in myopic eyes up to −8 D with astigmatism of −3 D or less. We report outcomes of small incision lenticule extraction in highly and moderately myopic eyes and compare these to modern laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis. Methods: Retrospective, observational consecutive case series. Inclusion criteria: attempted myopic spherical correction ⩾−8 or−3 to −7.75 D with astigmatism ⩽−3 D, and corrected distance visual acuity of 1.0 (decimal scale) or better. Results: A total of 62 highly myopic and 407 moderately myopic eyes were included. At 3 months postoperatively, the highly myopic eyes had a mean spherical equivalent refraction of −0.28 ± 0.41 D (range: −1.13 to +0.75 D). Mean uncorrected distance visual acuity was 1.0. Mean efficacy index was 0.84. Mean safety index was 1.03. Uncorrected distance visual acuity same or better than corrected distance visual acuity: 61%. Astigmatism was ⩽0.5 D in 90% and ⩽1 D in 100%. The results in the moderately myopic eyes were comparable. Conclusion: We found equally good visual and refractive outcomes after small incision lenticule extraction for the correction of high and of moderate myopia combined with an astigmatic correction of up to 3 D, respectively.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Udaondo ◽  
Maria Garcia-Pous ◽  
Salvador Garcia-Delpech ◽  
David Salom ◽  
Manuel Diaz-Llopis

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of intravitreal ranibizumab (Lucentis, Genentech, South San Francisco, Calif, USA) combined with cataract surgery for the prevention of clinically significant macular edema (CSME) in patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR). This prospective interventional case series included fifty-four eyes of 54 patients with a previous diagnosis of nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) without macular edema preoperatively. Subjects were assigned in a 1 : 1 ratio to receive an intraoperative intravitreal ranibizumab injection (n=27) or not (control group,n=27) associated with standardised phacoemulsification surgery. The main outcome measure was the incidence of CSME one and three months after surgery. One month after surgery the incidence of CSME in the control group was 25.92% and 3.70% in the treatment group and at three months was 22.22% and 3.70%, respectively. Short-term results suggest that intravitreal ranibizumab immediately after phacoemulsification prevents CS ME in patients with NPDR.


2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muneer Quraishy ◽  
Mehvish Hussain ◽  
Muhammad Akram

Purpose: To assess the refractive outcome of optical biometry (Nidek AL-scan) after elective phacoemulsification in a study of 30 eyes. Study Design:  Descriptive case series. Place and Duration of Study:  Elective cataract surgeries done at a private clinic from July 2015 to June 2016 were selected and their records were analyzed. Material Methods:  The measurements of IOL calculation was done using optical biometry with partial coherence interferometry (Nidek AL-scan) that provides information about axial length, central keratometry, white to white diameter and anterior chamber anatomical depth. SRK-T formula was used to calculate IOL power. All patients underwent a complete ophthalmological examination. Phacoemulsification with clear corneal incision of 2.75 mm was done and IOL was implanted in the bag (Alcon Acrysof SN60WF IOL and MA60AC IOL). Post-operative refraction was taken with autorefractor (Huvitz HRK-7000) after 4 weeks and it was compared with pre-operative objective refraction. Comparison of K readings taken by AL-scan and autorefractor were done. Results:  We studied 30 eyes of 23 patients who underwent elective cataract surgery with foldable IOL. Post-operative spherical equivalent was plano in 53% of cases with mean of -0.05 after 4 weeks postoperatively. The mean keratometric power using autorefractor was 44.4 D while with AL-scan it was 44.7 D. There were no intraoperative complications or postoperative subjective complaints (such as halo or glare) in our patients. Conclusion:  Intraocular lens power calculations done by optical biometry are easy to use, reliable and result in excellent refractive outcomes.  Ultrasound biometry may still be required in case of mature and dense posterior subcapsular cataract.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Wang ◽  
Dejian Xu ◽  
Xin Liu ◽  
Wen Xu

Abstract Background Capsule contraction syndrome (CCS) after cataract surgery causes intraocular lens (IOL) haptic flexion and IOL optic displacement in most former reports. However, there are few reports on CCS-induced deformation of the IOL optic. We report two cases of CCS after cataract surgery in highly myopic eyes and describe a previously unreported “double arch” complication. Case presentation Two patients with history of high myopia had cataract surgery with hydrophilic acrylic plate haptic IOLs implanted in their eyes. CCS with arch shape deformation of the pupil as well as the optic of the IOL were noticed in both cases after three months, which induced refractive changes and corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) deterioration. Visual acuity of the patients was restored by replacing the IOL from the capsular bag to the ciliary sulcus and the following neodymium: YAG (Nd:YAG) laser capsulotomy. We propose that such “double arch” change brought by CCS is related to the plate-haptic design of the IOL and the incomplete overlap between the capsular opening and the IOL optic. Conclusions We recommend careful IOL selection and proper capsulorhexis in patients with high myopia or with other risk factors of CCS. Early diagnosis and timely treatment of CCS are critical to prevent visual symptoms and further ocular complications.


2021 ◽  
pp. bjophthalmol-2020-317800
Author(s):  
Xiujuan Zhao ◽  
Yonghao Li ◽  
Wei Ma ◽  
Ping Lian ◽  
Xiling Yu ◽  
...  

AimTo compare the efficacy of macular buckling (MB) and pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for full-thickness macular holes (FTMH) and associated macular detachment (MD) in highly myopic eyes.MethodsProspective interventional case series of eyes undergoing PPV or MB for FTMH and MD.Main outcome measuresBest-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) at postoperative month 24. Other measured outcomes include the initial surgical success rate, macular hole closure rate and the progression of myopic maculopathy.ResultsA total of 53 eyes from 53 participants were included in this study (26 participants receiving MB and 27 participants receiving PPV), and finally 49 eyes from 49 participants (25 participants in the MB group and 24 participants in the PPV group) were analysed. At postoperative month 24, the BCVA had improved significantly in those that underwent either MB (p<0.001) or PPV (p=0.04). The difference between the groups was not significant (p=0.653). The surgical failure rate after the primary treatment was significantly higher in the PPV group than the MB group (25.00% vs 4.00%, respectively; p=0.04). The macular closure rate was higher in the MB group compared with the PPV group, but the difference was not statistically significant (64.00% vs 58.33%, respectively; p=0.45). Myopic maculopathy development may be more severe following PPV than following MB surgery.ConclusionPatients with high myopia obtained anatomical and functional improvements from either MB or PPV. However, MB achieved a significantly higher success rate in retinal reattachment compared with PPV.Trial registration numberNCT03433547.


2021 ◽  
pp. 112067212199135
Author(s):  
Katharina Eibenberger ◽  
Barbara Kiss ◽  
Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth ◽  
Eva Stifter

Objective: To evaluate changes in intraocular pressure after congenital cataract surgery in a real-world setting. Methods: This retrospective case series included all children aged 0–2 years undergoing lens extraction due to congenital cataract. Development of an elevated intraocular pressure was divided into three groups: secG, suspG and OHT. Further, risk factors for IOP changes, the therapeutic approach and functional outcome were assessed during follow-up. Results: One hundred and sixty-one eyes of 110 patients aged 0–2 years were included, whereof 29 eyes of 17 children developed secondary glaucoma (secG; 11 eyes/8 patients), glaucoma suspect (suspG; three eyes/three patients) or ocular hypertension (OHT; 15 eyes/10 patients). No difference in surgrical procedure ( p = 0.62) was found, but age at cataract surgery differed significantly ( p = 0.048), with the secG group (1.74 ± 1.01 months) being the youngest (suspG: 3.93 ± 1.80 months; OHT group: 5.91 ± 5.36 months). Secondary surgical intervention was significantly higher in the secG (4.64 ± 3.41) followed by the suspG (2.00 ± 2.65) and OHT groups (0.40 ± 0.74; p < 0.001). Postoperative complications including nystagmus ( p = 0.81), strabismus ( p = 0.98) and amblyopia ( p = 0.73) showed no difference, in contrast to visual axis obscuration which was more common in the secG group ( p = 0.036). Conclusion: Initial lensectomy and anterior vitrectomy procedure together with or without IOL implantation seems to have no influence for the development of IOP changes after pediatric cataract surgery. However, children who developed secondary glaucoma had cataract surgery significantly earlier, within the first 2–3 months of life. Glaucoma surgery was required to achieve final IOP control in most eyes. The development of secondary glaucoma was also associated with a significant increase in surgical re-treatments.


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