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July 2018
Volume 59, Issue 9
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   July 2018
Dysfunctional lens index serves as a novel surgery decision maker for age-related cataracts
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Zhangliang Li
    Cataract, Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
  • Yun-e Zhao
    Cataract, Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
  • Pingjun Chang
    Cataract, Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
  • Yinying Zhao
    Cataract, Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
  • Xixia Ding
    Cataract, Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships   Zhangliang Li, None; Yun-e Zhao, None; Pingjun Chang, None; Yinying Zhao, None; Xixia Ding, None
  • Footnotes
    Support  Innovative Discipline of Zhejiang Province (Lens disease in children)
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science July 2018, Vol.59, 4791. doi:
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      Zhangliang Li, Yun-e Zhao, Pingjun Chang, Yinying Zhao, Xixia Ding; Dysfunctional lens index serves as a novel surgery decision maker for age-related cataracts. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2018;59(9):4791.

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Abstract

Purpose : To study the correlations among the dysfunctional lens index (DLI), Lens Opacities Classification System III (LOCS III) nuclear opalescence grading score, preoperative corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA), the objective scatter index (OSI) and Scheimpflug based average lens density in age-related cataracts. To investigate the potential of the DLI as a novel surgery decision maker via the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve analysis.

Methods : In this prospective cross-sectional study, a total of 59 eyes (50 patients) with age-relate cataract were recruited and divided into the Surgical and Non-Surgical groups based on the decision made by three experienced surgeons separately. The DLI, OSI, average lens density, LOCS III nuclear opalescence grading, and preoperative CDVA were obtained. Correlations among these parameters were analyzed. ROC curves were used to analyze DLI values to determine a value to separate between surgical and non-surgical cataracts.

Results : The DLI showed the strongest correlation with the LOCS III nuclear opalescence score (r=-0.708, P< .001), compared to preoperative CDVA (r=0.364, P= .005), OSI (r=-0.552, P< .001) or average lens density (r=-0.584, P< .001). The area under curve (AUC) of OSI and DLI ROC curve was 0.871 and 0.875 (P< .001, both), respectively. With similar sensitivity (71.4%) corresponding to that of OSI criterion level of 3.3 (78.6%), a DLI cut-off value of 5.2 implied higher level of specificity (93.5%) than that of OSI criterion (81.6%).

Conclusions : The DLI is a valuable metric in monitoring the severity of age-related nuclear cataracts. With higher level of specificity, the surgery criterion of DLI ≤ 5.2 is more specific than the surgery criterion of OSI ≥ 3.3 in discriminating non-surgery indicated eyes from surgery indicated eyes.

This is an abstract that was submitted for the 2018 ARVO Annual Meeting, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, April 29 - May 3, 2018.

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