Repeatability of 2 swept-source OCT biometers and 1 optical low-coherence reflectometry biometer

Aim: To compare the repeatability of 2 swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) biometers, IOLMaster 700 (biometer A, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG) and ANTERION (biometer B, Heidelberg Engineering GmbH) and 1 optical low-coherence reflectometry (OLCR) device (biometer C, LENSTAR, LS900; Haag-Streit AG). Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna Institute for Research in Ocular Surgery-Karl Landsteiner Institute, Vienna, Austria. Design: Prospective study that included patients scheduled for cataract surgery. Method: Three consecutive measurements were performed with 2 SS-OCT devices and 1 OLCR device. The repeatability of the following biometry variables was compared: keratometry, central corneal thickness, anterior chamber depth (ACD), lens thickness (LT), and axial eye length (AL). To assess the repeatability of each parameter, the within-subject SD (S-w) and coefficient of variation (CoV) were calculated. Result: Fifty eyes of 50 patients were included. The CoV values were below 0.5 for all variables, except for ACD and LT for biometer C. The S-w values for mean keratometry were 0.018 for biometer A, 0.083 for biometer B, and 0.137 for biometer C. For the ACD, the S-w values were 0.039 and 0.004 for biometer A and biometer B, respectively, and 0.134 for biometer C. For the AL, the values were 0.006 for biometer A, 0.008 for biometer B, and 0.012 for biometer C. Conclusions: All biometry devices included in the analysis presented a high repeatability. The SS-OCT devices showed a higher repeatability performance compared with the OLCR device. Copyright (C) 2021 Published by Wolters Kluwer on behalf of ASCRS and ESCRS

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The study aimed to compare the repeatability of two SS-OCT biometers and one OLCR device, revealing that all devices included in the analysis exhibited high repeatability, with SS-OCT devices demonstrating better performance in repeatability compared to the OLCR device.