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Pterygia Measurements with Standard Slitlamps and with Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography: Pilot Study. Mark Welch, DO and Steven Waller, MD No financial interest. Background. Previous Studies Demonstrating Anterior OCT Anterior Chamber Dimensions Intraocular Lens Position
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Pterygia Measurements with Standard Slitlamps and with Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography: Pilot Study Mark Welch, DO and Steven Waller, MD No financial interest
Background • Previous Studies Demonstrating Anterior OCT • Anterior Chamber Dimensions • Intraocular Lens Position • Corneal Thickness • Corneal thinning after Mytomycin C • Clinical challenges of pterygium measurements • Subjectivity of Slit Lamp measurements • Cannot measure thickness with Slit Lamp
Compare horizontal measurements of pterygia by slit lamp beam to caliper measurements overlayed on Anterior Segment OCT images Purpose
Methods • 10 Patients and 13 nasal pterygia were evaluated. Patients with significant ocular surface disease were excluded • Horizontal measurements were taken by two physicians with the slit lamp beam and caliper at 16 mag • Measurements were taken from the apex of the lesion to the limbus • Two images of lesions with Anterior Segment OCT • Caliper measurements of lesions
Methods Example of INCORRECT meridian to see lesion – 45 degrees Example of CORRECT Meridian at 180 degrees images the lesion
Visante OCT measurements Caliper Measurements
Results Difference in Slit Lamp Measurements MD = 0.30 SD = 0.32
Results Difference in OCT Measurements MD = 0.1 SD = 0.12
Conclusions • OCT gives statistically more reproducible results than slit lamp for horizontal measurements of pterygia (P=0.0256) • OCT can reproduce measurements in the same axis meridian and appears to be less subjective with regard to the starting and stopping point for making measurements
Study Limitations • Small number of patients • Inherant variability of slit lamp measurements
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