Divergences between Haigis and SRKT formulae cause uncertainty in choosing the IOL. Our results indicate that, in eyes with lower preoperative K, an IOL targeted at myopia might result in a small, but significant myopic shift with the Haigis formula, while a hyperopic shift with the SRKT formula.
Purpose: To investigate the correlation between the measurements of the cup/ retrobulbar optic nerve diameter (C/OND) proportion obtained by high-resolution 20-MHz B-mode ultrasound (US) and those of the cup/disc ratio (C/D) obtained by fundus biomicroscopy (BIO) and optical coherence tomography (OCT). Methods: Thirty eyes of 15 glaucomatous patients with any C/D proportion were studied. All patients underwent examination of the vertical C/D by BIO with a 78D lens and time-domain OCT analysis, as well as the vertical C/OND proportion using 20-MHz US measurements. All data were analyzed by correlation and agreement tests.
Conclusions:The results demonstrate that B-mode ultrasound examination with a 20 MHz probe can be a good additional method for the evaluation of the C/D ratio in glaucomatous patients, and may be considered as an alternative gross tool in glaucomatous patients with optic media opacities.
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