Influence of tilt and decentration of scleral-sutured intraocular lens on ocular higher-order wavefront aberration. Issue 2 (16th August 2006)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Oshika, T; Sugita, G; Miyata, K; Tokunaga, T; Samejima, T; Okamoto, C; Ishii, Y
• Is Part Of: British journal of ophthalmology. Volume 91:Issue 2(2007)
• Page Start: 185
• Page End: 188
• Publication Date: 2006-08-16
• Subjects: IOL, intraocular lens; Ophthalmology -- Periodicals; 617.7
• DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.099945
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-1161

Abstract

Abstract : Aim: To investigate the influence of tilt and decentration of scleral-sutured intraocular lenses (IOLs) on ocular higher-order wavefront aberrations. Methods: In 45 eyes of 36 patients who had undergone scleral suture fixation of posterior chamber IOL, tilt and decentration of IOLs were determined by Scheimpflug videophotography, and higher-order aberration for a 4-mm pupil was measured using the Hartmann–Shack aberrometer. In another 100 eyes of 100 patients after standard cataract surgery with posterior chamber IOL implantation, ocular higher-order aberration was measured. Results: In eyes with scleral-sutured IOL, the mean (SD) tilt angle and decentration were 4.43° (3.02°) and 0.279 (0.162) mm, respectively. Ocular coma-like aberration in the sutured IOL group was 0.324 (0.170) µm, which was significantly greater than that of the standard cataract surgery group (0.169 (0.061) µm, p<0.001, Student's t test). No significant difference was found in ocular spherical-like aberration between the sutured IOL group (0.142 (0.065) µm) and standard surgery group (0.126 (0.033) µm; p = 0.254). In the sutured IOL group, IOL tilt significantly correlated with ocular coma-like aberration (Pearson's correlation coefficient r = 0.628, p<0.001), but no significant correlation was found between IOL tilt and ocular spherical-like aberration (r = 0.222, p = 0.175). The IOL tilt did not correlate with corneal coma-like (r = 0.289, p = 0.171) and spherical-like (r = 0.150, p = 0.356) aberrations. The IOL decentration did not correlate with any higher-order aberrations. Conclusion: In eyes with scleral-sutured posterior chamber IOL, tilting of the lens induces considerable amount of ocular coma-like aberrations.