Journal Article

Assessment of tilt and decentration of crystalline lens and intraocular lens relative to the corneal topographic axis using anterior segment optical coherence tomography

Morizane, Yuki, Doi, Shinichiro, Shiode, Yusuke, Toshima, Shinji, Kimura, Shuhei, Shiraga, Fumio, Fujiwara, Atsushi, Hirano, Masayuki

2017

Overview

To investigate the tilt and decentration of the crystalline lens and the intraocular lens (IOL) relative to the corneal topographic axis using anterior segment ocular coherence tomography (AS-OCT). A sample set of 100 eyes from 49 subjects (41 eyes with crystalline lenses and 59 eyes with IOLs) were imaged using second generation AS-OCT (CASIA2, TOMEY) in June and July 2016 at Okayama University. Both mydriatic and non-mydriatic images were obtained, and the tilt and decentration of the crystalline lens and the IOL were quantified. The effects of pupil dilation on measurements were also assessed. The crystalline lens showed an average tilt of 5.15° towards the inferotemporal direction relative to the corneal topographic axis under non-mydriatic conditions and 5.25° under mydriatic conditions. Additionally, an average decentration of 0.11 mm towards the temporal direction was observed under non-mydriatic conditions and 0.08 mm under mydriatic conditions. The average tilt for the IOL was 4.31° towards the inferotemporal direction relative to the corneal topographic axis under non-mydriatic conditions and 4.65° in the same direction under mydriatic conditions. The average decentration was 0.05 mm towards the temporal direction under non-mydriatic conditions and 0.08 mm in the same direction under mydriatic conditions. A strong correlation was found between the average tilt and decentration values of the crystalline lens and the IOL under both non-mydriatic and mydriatic conditions (all Spearman correlation coefficients, r ≥ 0.800; all P < 0.001). When measured using second generation AS-OCT, both the crystalline lens and the IOL showed an average tilt of 4-6° toward the inferotemporal direction relative to the corneal topographic axis and an average decentration of less than 0.12 mm towards the temporal direction. These results were not influenced by pupil dilation and they showed good repeatability.

• Publisher: Public Library of Science,Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subject: Adult / Aged / Aged, 80 and over / Astigmatism / Cataract Extraction - methods / Cataracts / Coherence / Cornea / Corneal Topography / Correlation / Correlation coefficient / Correlation coefficients / Crystal structure / Dentistry / Dilation / Dimensional analysis / Eye (anatomy) / Eye lens / Eye surgery / Eye, Artificial / Female / Humans / Intraocular lenses / Lasers / Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Lens, Crystalline - physiology / Lenses, Intraocular / Male / Medical Records / Medicine / Methods / Middle Aged / Mydriatics / Myopia / Observer Variation / Optical Coherence Tomography / Optical tomography / Patients / Phacoemulsification / Pharmaceutical sciences / Physiological aspects / Polymethyl methacrylate / Pupil - physiology / Tomography / Tomography, Optical Coherence / Topography / University graduates