Original scientific paper

Axial Eye Length after Retinal Detachment Surgery

Nenad Vukojević
Jakov Šikić
Tihomir Ćurković
Zlatko Juratovac
Damir Katušić
Borna Šarić
Tomislav Jukić

Abstract

Changes in the eye axial diameter were studied to assess the eye globe impact of conventional operation for retinal
detachment. The study included 69 eyes in 69 patients operated on for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. There were
46.4% of men and 53.6% of women, mean age 52.7 (15.21) years. Results of preoperative and postoperative ultrasonographic
measurement of axial diameter are presented. The mean preoperative and postoperative eye axial diamter
was 23.69 (±1.84) mm and 24.43 (±1.91) mm, respectively. Postoperative results showed the axial eye length to increase
by a mean of 0.74 (0.44) mm, yielding a statistically significant difference from the preoperative measurement (p
0.001). The mean myopia induced by this eyeball elongation was 1.77 D. The encircling band with and without segmental
buckling used in surgical repair of retinal detachment creates circular and segmental indentation of the eyeball,
thus increasing its axial length. The myopia induced by elongation of the eyeball results in considerable myopia,
which requires appropriate correction in the early postoperative period to achieve favorable vision rehabilitation.

Keywords

retinal surgery; detachment; eye; axial length

Hrčak ID:

27915

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/27915

Publication date:

20.6.2005.

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