Pérez CEC, Cárdenas DT, Montero DE, Ramos PY, Guerra AM, Cuan AY

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ABSTRACT

Objective: to compare the visual results of patients operated from cataract and with intraocular lens implantation through corneal refractive surgery and estimated by Maloney's method and Pentacam camera. Methods: prospective, longitudinal and descriptive study conducted in 41 eyes from 31 patients with cataract and history of refractive corneal surgery. They were randomly assigned to two groups (1 and 2) with 23 and 18 eyes, respectively in order to estimate the corneal power of the intraocular lens to be implanted through Maloney's method and Pentacam camera. Results: most of patients had history of radial keratotomy (90.24 %). The average dioptric power of the lens according to Maloney's method was 18.8 ± 4.20 whereas the kerametric reading, measured at 4.0 mm from Pentacam was 18 ± 4.20, with a mean difference of 0.80 dioptries ((p= 0,000) associated to Wilcoxon's sign range test. The average postoperative spheral component was -0.49 ± 0.65 D in group 1 and -0.57 ± 0.685 in group 2, with a difference between the observed and the expected sphere of 0.16 and 0.15 dioptries, respectively (p= 0.906), associated to Mann-Whitney's U test. In group 1, 43.48 % and in group 2, 50 % remained emetropes. Conclusions: Both methods provide favorable visual results, but the calculation of the intraocular lens power through the keratometric readings by Pentacam offers better visual results for patients with a history of refractive corneal surgery.