Ophthalmic Surg. 1987 Aug;18(8):581-4.

Prediction of aphakic refractive error in children.

Ophthalmic surgery

R C Arffa, P B Donzis, K S Morgan, Y J Zhou

PMID: 3309767

Abstract

Formulas created to predict the optical requirements of the aphakic eye have been tested mainly in adult eyes. The accuracy of these formulas in shorter pediatric aphakic eyes was examined using retrospective analysis of 17 aphakic pediatric patients. The Sanders-Retzlaff-Kraff contact lens formula, used previously to predict required lens powers for epikeratophakia, consistently underestimated the required aphakic correction in the shorter eyes, which may have been responsible in part for the large undercorrections obtained previously in patients under one year of age. The Hoffer-Colenbrander and Binkhorst theoretical formulas, Donzis-Kastl-Gordon percentage change formula, and a linear regression formula derived from the present data (LIN), were significantly more accurate. The differences between these formulas were not significant. The use of one of these formulas should facilitate prediction of required epikeratophakia lenticule power or intraocular lens power in young children.

MeSH terms

• Aphakia, Postcataract / complications
• Corneal Transplantation
• Forecasting
• Humans
• Lenses, Intraocular
• Refractive Errors / etiology
• Refractive Errors / physiopathology
• Refractive Errors / therapy
• Retrospective Studies

Publication Types

• Journal Article
• Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
• Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Grant support

• EY02377/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States
• EY02580/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States
• EY07073/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States

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