RESEARCH ARTICLE
Comparison of Standard and Total Keratometry Astigmatism Measured with three Different Technologies
Humberto Carreras1, *, Ángel G. García1, David P Piñero2, 3, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2020Volume: 14
First Page: 59
Last Page: 65
Publisher ID: TOOPHTJ-14-59
DOI: 10.2174/1874364102014010059
Article History:
Received Date: 20/4/2020Revision Received Date: 27/7/2020
Acceptance Date: 18/08/2020
Electronic publication date: 02/10/2020
Collection year: 2020
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Abstract
Purpose:
To compare the keratometric and total corneal astigmatism measures provided by three different technologies as well as to assess the level of interchangeability among them.
Methods:
A Prospective, comparative study enrolling 94 eyes from 53 patients (age, 29-77 years) was carried out. All participants were patients with the diagnosis of cataract or patients with a transparent crystalline lens but seeking surgical presbyopia correction. A complete eye examination was performed in all eyes, including corneal analysis with three different devices: IOL-Master 700 (Carl Zeiss Meditec), Cassini (i-Optics), and Pentacam (Oculus Optikgeräte GmbH). Interchangeability of standard and total keratometric readings (equivalent keratometric readings for Pentacam) and astigmatism measures with these three systems were evaluated with the Bland-Altman analysis.
Results:
Significantly higher standard and total keratometric readings were obtained with the IOL-Master compared to the other two systems (p<0.001). Likewise, a significantly higher magnitude of standard and total keratometric astigmatism was obtained with the Cassini system (p<0.001). Ranges of the agreement for corneal power measurements between devices varied from 0.58 D to 1.53 D, whereas they ranged from 0.46 D to 1.37 D for standard and total astigmatism measurements.
Conclusion:
Corneal power and astigmatism measures obtained with IOL-Master 700, Cassini, and Pentacam systems cannot be used interchangeably. The impact of these differences on the refractive predictability achieved with different types of intraocular lenses (IOL) should be evaluated in the future in order to define which is the best corneal evaluation approach for optimizing the IOL power calculations.