ULTRASONOGRAPHIC STUDY ON CHANGES IN AXIAL EYE DIMENSIONS AFTER ENCIRCLING PROCEDURE IN RETINAL DETACHMENT SURGERY
- 1 June 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Ophthalmologica
- Vol. 57 (3) , 337-343
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1979.tb01815.x
Abstract
The pre‐ and postoperative results of ultrasonographic measurements on the axial ocular components in 10 phakic eyes with retinal detachment treated with encircling silicone rubber band are presented. A significant increase (P < 0.001) in axial eye length from 0.62 to 1.24 mm (average: 0.98 mm) was found. The elongation of the eye was caused by a corresponding increase in the length of the vitreous cavity. No significant changes were found in the anterior segment of the eyes. These data demonstrate that the postoperative refractive change in a myopic direction, which an encircling procedure with moderate indentation often produces, is caused by an axial elongation of the eye.Keywords
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