Purpose. To evaluate the effects on visual acuity of forward scatter and aberrations typical of those after Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK). Methods. Twenty normal eyes of 20 subjects (ages 22-57 years) were examined with best spectacle correction. Under photopic conditions, high-contrast visual acuities (HCVAs) were measured by using ETDRS charts. Visual acuity was also measured by using aberrated charts that simulated the typical high-order aberrations at 12 months after DSEK. Forward scatter was induced by viewing the eye charts through a 1-mm-thick layer of scattering solution (Amco Clear, at a concentration of 4000 nephelometric turbidity units) and was measured with a straylight meter. Results. Forward scatter increased from 1.19 ± 0.11 log straylight parameter (log[s]; mean ± SD) without induced scatter to 1.57 ± 0.06 log(s) with induced scatter (P < 0.001). Induced scatter reduced HCVA on the nonaberrated chart by 2.7 Snellen letters, from 20/19 (Snellen equivalent) to 20/21 (P < 0.001) and by 2.1 letters on the aberrated chart, from 20/25 to 20/28 (P = 0.005). Addition of aberrations reduced HCVA by more than twice the number of Snellen letters than did induced scatter, by 6.4 letters with low scatter (P < 0.001), and by 5.8 letters with high scatter (P < 0.001). Conclusions. Under typical clinical testing conditions, increased forward scatter has minimal effect on visual acuity. High-order aberrations are a more likely cause of degraded visual acuity than is forward scatter in eyes with clear corneas after DSEK. © 2012 The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Inc.
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McLaren, J. W., & Patel, S. V. (2012). Modeling the effect of forward scatter and aberrations on visual acuity after endothelial keratoplasty. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 53(9), 5545–5551. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.12-10011
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