Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Observation of anterior chamber volume after cataract surgery with swept-source optical coherence tomography

  • Original Paper
  • Published:
International Ophthalmology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Purpose

To investigate the changes in the anterior chamber volume (ACV) with swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) after cataract surgery and the factors that influence these ACV changes.

Methods

This was a prospective cohort study. Fifty-one patients who underwent cataract surgery were enrolled. Their ACV, anterior chamber depth, and angle widths were measured with SS-OCT before and 1 day, 1 week, and 1 month after surgery. The associations between the changes in ACV and posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) and axial length (AXL) were determined.

Results

Compared with the preoperative volume, ACV increased significantly at all three time points after surgery (all p < 0.001). ACV was greater at 1 week after surgery than at 1 day after surgery (p < 0.001). Both AXL and the presence of PVD were significantly associated with the change in ACV at 1 day after surgery (p = 0.005). However, neither PVD nor AXL affected the change in ACV between 1 day and 1 week after surgery.

Conclusions

ACV stabilized in the first week after cataract surgery. The absorption of irrigation fluid and balanced salt solution in the vitreous cavity contributed to the change in ACV 1 week after surgery. Eyes with longer AXL and PVD tended to show less change in ACV at 1 day after surgery.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Chen X, Xiao W, Ye S, Chen W, Liu Y (2015) Efficacy and safety of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery versus conventional phacoemulsification for cataract: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Sci Rep 5:13123

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  2. Yuan J, Wang X, Yang LQ, Xing YQ, Yang YN (2015) Assessment of visual outcomes of cataract surgery in Tujia nationality in Xianfeng County, China. Int J Ophthalmol 8:292–298

    PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  3. Huang W, Gao X, Li X, Wang J, Chen S, Wang W, Du S, He M, Zhang X (2015) Anterior and posterior ocular biometry in healthy chinese subjects: data based on AS-OCT and SS-OCT. PLoS ONE 10:e121740

    Google Scholar 

  4. Sanchez-Parra L, Pardhan S, Buckley RJ, Parker M, Bourne RR (2015) Diurnal intraocular pressure and the relationship with swept-source OCT-derived anterior chamber dimensions in angle closure: the IMPACT study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 56:2943–2949

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Fernández-Vigo JI, Fernández-Vigo JÁ, Macarro-Merino A, Fernández-Pérez C, Martínez-de-la-Casa JM, García-Feijoó J (2016) Determinants of anterior chamber depth in a large Caucasian population and agreement between intra-ocular lens Master and Pentacam measurements of this variable. Acta Ophthalmol 94:e150–e155

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Plat J, Hoa D, Mura F, Busetto T, Schneider C, Payerols A, Villain M, Daien V (2017) Clinical and biometric determinants of actual lens position after cataract surgery. J Cataract Refract Surg 43:195–200

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Zhao Y, Li X, Tao A, Wang J, Lu F (2009) Intraocular pressure and calculated diastolic ocular perfusion pressure during three simulated steps of phacoemulsification in vivo. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 50:2927–2931

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Kreutzer TC, Al SR, Kampik A, Grueterich M (2010) Real-time intraocular pressure measurement in standard and microcoaxial phacoemulsification. J Cataract Refract Surg 36:53–57

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Hiraoka M, Kuroda T, Inoue K, Senoo H, Takada M (2013) Developmental anatomy in the zonular connection with lens capsule in macaque eye. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 296:726–735

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Tojo KJ, Ohtori A (1994) Pharmacokinetic model of intravitreal drug injection. Math Biosci 123:59–75

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. Brito PN, Rosas VM, Coentrão LM, Carneiro ÂV, Rocha-Sousa A, Brandão E, Falcão-Reis F, Falcão MA (2015) Evaluation of visual acuity, macular status, and subfoveal choroidal thickness changes after cataract surgery in eyes with diabetic retinopathy. Retina 35:294–302

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  12. Odrobina D, LaudaNska-Olszewska I (2015) Choroidal thickness in clinically significant pseudophakic cystoid macular edema. Retina 35:136–140

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  13. Qatarneh D, Hau S, Tuft S (2015) Hyperopic shift from posterior migration of hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens optic. J Cataract Refract Surg 36:161–163

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. Schöpfer K, Berger A, Korb C, Stoffelns BM, Pfeiffer N, Sekundo W (2012) Position-dependent accommodative shift of retropupillary fixated iris-claw lenses. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 250:1827–1834

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  15. Itakura H, Kishi S, Li D, Nitta K, Akiyama H (2014) Vitreous changes in high myopia observed by swept-source optical coherence tomography. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 55:1447–1452

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  16. Stirpe M, Heimann K (1996) Vitreous changes and retinal detachment in highly myopic eyes. Eur J Ophthalmol 6:50–58

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  17. Wolz U, Aust W (1984) Experiences with intracapsular cataract operation in myopic patients. Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 184:563–565

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  18. Ward MS, Georgescu D, Olson RJ (2008) Effect of bottle height and aspiration rate on postocclusion surge in Infiniti and Millennium peristaltic phacoemulsification machines. J Cataract Refract Surg 34:1400–1402

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Author notes

  1. Minjie Chen and Hailin Hu contributed equally to this work and should be considered equal first authors.

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and Ear, Nose, Throat Hospital of Fudan University, 83 Fenyang Road, Shanghai, 200031, People’s Republic of China

    Minjie Chen, Wenwen He, Yi Lu & Xiangjia Zhu

  2. Key Laboratory of Myopia, Ministry of Health, 83 Fenyang Road, Shanghai, 200031, People’s Republic of China

    Minjie Chen, Wenwen He, Yi Lu & Xiangjia Zhu

  3. Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration of Shanghai, Fudan University, 83 Fenyang Road, Shanghai, 200031, People’s Republic of China

    Minjie Chen, Wenwen He, Yi Lu & Xiangjia Zhu

  4. Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, People’s Republic of China

    Hailin Hu

Authors
  1. Minjie Chen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Hailin Hu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Wenwen He
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Yi Lu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Xiangjia Zhu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Xiangjia Zhu.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

Author Minjie Chen declares that she has no conflict of interest. Author Hailin Hu declares that he has no conflict of interest. Author Wenwen He declares that she has no conflict of interest. Author Yi Lu declares that he has no conflict of interest. Author Xiangjia Zhu declares that she has no conflict of interest.

Research involving human participants and/or animals

All procedures in this study involving human participants were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.

Informed consent

Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Chen, M., Hu, H., He, W. et al. Observation of anterior chamber volume after cataract surgery with swept-source optical coherence tomography. Int Ophthalmol 39, 1837–1844 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-018-1012-1

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-018-1012-1

Keywords

Search

Navigation