Retrospective Comparison of the Myopia Master and the Lenstar LS900 Axial Length Measurements in Children with Myopia.

BACKGROUND

This study is a retrospective analysis to compare ocular biometry measurements of axial length in children with myopia using Myopia Master (OCULUS, Wetzlar, Germany) and Lenstar LS900 (HAAG-STREIT AG, Köniz, Switzerland).

PATIENTS AND

METHODS

Axial length measurements obtained with both instruments within a 3-week period were collected retrospectively. Measurements were visualized with a Bland-Altman plot. For statistical evaluation, a paired t-test was applied, and the Pearson correlation coefficient (r) was established.

RESULTS

Sixty-one eyes from 31 myopic patients (59% male, 41% female) with a mean age of 11.34 ± 3.25 years (range: 6 - 18 years) were identified. Mean axial length was 24.7 mm (SD 1.29) with the Myopia Master and 24.69 mm (SD 1.30) with the Lenstar LS900 (Pearson correlation: r = 0.9991). The average difference of the axial length measurement between the two biometers was 0.00 064 mm ± 0.056 SD (p = 0.9293).

CONCLUSION

The axial length measured by Myopia Master and Lenstar LS900 did not differ significantly. Thus, previous values obtained with the Lenstar LS900 can be applied to assess myopia progression.