Samir A. Melki|Ammar Safar|J. Holland Martin|Anastasia Ivanova|Marwa Adi
Potential acuity pinhole
Georgetown University Medical Center|Georgetown University|Georgetown University Medical Center|Georgetown University|Georgetown University Medical Center|Georgetown University|Case Western Reserve University|Georgetown University Medical Center|Georgetown University
describe potential acuity pinhole pap test compare accuracy potential acuity meter pam predicting visual outcome cataract surgeryprospective case seriesa total 56 preoperative patients cataracts participatedaccuracy predicting postoperative distance visual acuity measuredlines inaccuracy calculated subtracting actual postoperative bestcorrected distance visual acuity bcva predicted values variables analyzed method prediction preoperative bcva preoperative spherical equivalentthe pap test predicted visual outcomes within 2 lines 100 100 56 eyes preoperative bcva 2050 better group 1 2060 20100 group ii 20200 worse group iii respectively pam predictions within 2 lines groups 42 47 0 respectively mean lines inaccuracy pap predictions 083 111 350 lines groups ii iii respectively mean lines inaccuracy pam predictions 250 268 622 lines groups differences lines prediction pam pap 167 p 0004 158 p 00002 272 lines p 00001 groups ii iii respectively statistically significant correlation pap predictions preoperative myopic spherical equivalentthe pap test simple inexpensive relatively reliable method estimate visual outcome uncomplicated cataract surgery eyes coexisting disease less accurate patients preoperative bcva worse 20200 appears predictive pam