Impact of uncertainties in biometric parameters on intraocular lens power formula predicted refraction using a Monte‐Carlo simulation

• Published in: Acta ophthalmologica (Oxford, England) Vol. 102; no. 3; pp. e285 - e295
• Main Authors: Langenbucher, Achim, Hoffmann, Peter, Cayless, Alan, Bolz, Matthias, Wendelstein, Jascha, Szentmáry, Nóra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2024
• Subjects: biometric measures; Biometrics; Biometry - methods; Cataract; Cataracts; Cornea; error propagation; Eye surgery; Humans; Intraocular lenses; IOL formula predicted refractive outcome; ISO labelling tolerances; Labeling; Lens Implantation, Intraocular; Lenses, Intraocular; Monte–Carlo simulation; Optics and Photonics; Phacoemulsification; Refraction, Ocular; Retrospective Studies; Standard deviation; Surgery; Uncertainty; Visual Acuity; within‐subject standard deviation; error propagation; biometric measures; ISO labelling tolerances; IOL formula predicted refractive outcome; Monte–Carlo simulation; within‐subject standard deviation

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the uncertainty in the formula predicted refractive outcome REFU after cataract surgery resulting from measurement uncertainties in modern optical biometers using literature data for within‐subject standard deviation Sw. Methods This Monte–Carlo s...