Abstract

HERNANDEZ SILVA, Juan Raúl et al. Results of the intraocular lens power calculation through Haigis´ formula. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2010, vol.23, suppl.1, pp. 531-544. ISSN 1561-3070.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of Haigis´formula in the intraocular lens power calculation. METHODS: A prospective and descriptive study was conducted in patients operated from cataract with phacoemulsification technique at the Microsurgery Service of "Ramón Pando Ferrer" Cuban Institute of Opththalmology from January 2007 to January 2008. The IOL Master and the Haigis´formula were used for the intraocular lens power calculation. The sample of 101 patients was selected by the simple random method, of whom 28 underwent surgery in both eyes, for a total number of 129 eyes. RESULTS: The Pre- and the post-operative spherical equivalents did not have any differences; but the expected sphere and the real sphere did show differences. The biggest difference between the expected sphere and the real one was found in the hypermetropic patients. The refractive astigmatism was low. The postoperative axil length did not change and the best visual acuity without/ with Correction improved by more than four lines in the Snellen´s chart. CONCLUSION: The effectiveness of Haigis´ formula was confirmed in the intraocular lens power calculation.

Keywords : Phacoemulsification; spherical equivalent; refractive astigmatism.

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