Poder dióptrico del lente intraocular y dilatación en pacientes con catarata

BACKGROUND: Cataract surgery, with intraocular lens implant, is nowadays, the most frequent surgical procedure in all the world. Its success depends on a lot of factors, one of the most important is the calculation of the exact dioptric power of intraocular lens. OBJECTIVE: To compare the calculation of dioptric power of intraocular lens with and without dilatation in patients with cataract. METHODS: Longitudinal study, the calculation of the dioptric power of the intraocular lens was determined in patients without and with pupillary dilation. The variables were age, gender, eye to study, keratometry, axial length, anterior chamber depth and dioptric power of the intraocular lens. Descriptive statistics and Student t were performed. RESULTS: There were 37 patients, 23 females and 14 males. The average age was 68 + 7.87 years. Sixty-four eyes were studied, 30 were right and 34 left. Statistically, there was only significant difference in K2 of the ocular biometry between patients without and with pupillary dilation when obtaining a value of p≤0.05. CONCLUSIONS: There are no changes in the calculation of the dioptric power of the Intraocular lens without and with pupillary dilation.