Anterior chamber angle evaluation with ultrasound biomicroscopy and optical coherence tomography in eyes implanted with a Crystalens

Abstract

This study employs optical coherence tomography (OCT) and ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) imaging as well as optical aberrometry to examine correlations between the anterior chamber angle aperture and visual acuity for near vision as well as coma along the horizontal and vertical axes in eyes implanted with an accommodative intraocular lens (Crystalens). A retrospective comparative consecutive case series of 22 eyes of 11 patients (5 males) uneventfully implanted with a Crystalens. Eyes with signs of posterior capsular opacification were excluded. All eyes were examined with 40 MHz UBM (Ellex Eyecubed) and spectral-domain OCT (Zeiss Visante). The angle aperture along the horizontal and vertical meridians was recorded based on the software of the systems. The coma root mean square (RMS) scores for the horizontal and vertical meridians were also recorded with the iTrace aberrometer. The anterior chamber angle was significantly wider along the horizontal axis compared with the vertical axis by UBM (46.37° and 44.20°, respectively) and by OCT (46.79° and 43.58°, respectively) (p = 0.02 in both cases, paired-samples t test). The correlations between the logMAR-converted Jaeger near vision score and the horizontal or vertical angle apertures was not statistically significant. Horizontal coma RMS was significantly inversely correlated with the horizontal angle aperture (r = -0.45, p = 0.03 and r = -0.39, p = 0.04 by OCT and UBM, respectively). Measurement of the horizontal angle aperture by the modalities used may represent an anatomical and clinical predictor of the optical aberrations induced by the Crystalens.