ACCURACY OF NEW INTRAOCULAR LENS CALCULATION FORMULAE IN EYES UNDERGOING SILICONE OIL REMOVAL/PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY-CATARACT SURGERY

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate the performance of novel intraocular lens calculation formulae (Barrett Universal II, Emmetropia Verifying Optical, and Kane) and conventional formulae (Haigis, Hoffer Q, Holladay 1, and Sanders‐Retzlaff‐Kraff/T [SRK/T]) in patients who underwent pars plana vitrectomy or silicone oil removal combined with cataract surgery. Methods: In total, 301 eyes from 301 patients who underwent pars plana vitrectomy/silicone oil removal with concomitant cataract surgery were enrolled and divided into the following four groups according to preoperative diagnosis: silicone oil–filled eyes after pars plana vitrectomy, epiretinal membrane, primary retinal detachment, and macular hole. Results: Barrett Universal II exhibited the smallest mean absolute error (0.65 diopters [D]) and median absolute error (0.39 D) in total. In patients with primary retinal detachment, each formula exhibited the worst refractive outcomes in diverse vitreoretinal pathologies (P < 0.01), and no difference in accuracy between the seven formulas was observed (P = 0.075). For long eyes, the second linear (Wang–Koch 2) version of the Wang–Koch adjustment significantly reduced the median absolute error for Holladay 1 and SRK/T (P < 0.001 and P = 0.019). Conclusion: In combined surgery, both new and conventional formulas using the second linear version of the Wang–Koch 2 adjustment demonstrated satisfactory performance, with Barrett Universal II exhibiting the best overall performance. However, in patients with primary retinal detachment, all seven formulas showed less favorable performance.