• Turk J Med Sci · Jun 2020

    Comparative Study

    Real-Life Comparison of the Viewing Angle and the Image Quality of Two Commonly Used Viewing Systems for Vitreoretinal Surgery.

    • Kemal Bayrakçeken, Ahmet Murad Hondur, Hatice Tuba Atalay, and Yavuz Kemal Aribaş.
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
    • Turk J Med Sci. 2020 Jun 23; 50 (4): 689-696.

    Background/AimTo compare the clinical use, image quality and viewing angle of a commonly used contact wide angle viewing (WAV) system (Advanced Visual Instruments (AVI) Panoramic Imaging Systems, NY, USA) with a commonly used noncontact WAV system (Leica RUV800, Leica Microsystems, Switzerland).Materials And MethodsImages of 42 consecutively operated eyes were obtained with both systems at the same surgical stages and were compared for image quality using the Imatest Master 4.5.13 (Imatest LLC, Boulder, USA) software. The viewing angles of the images were calculated using the optic disc sizes measured from the OCT and infrared fundus images. The 68-degree AVI lens was compared with the 90-dioptre (D) Leica RUV800 lens, while the 130-degree AVI lens was compared with the 132-D Leica RUV800 lens. The surgical assistants were asked to grade the difficulty of holding the lens in place from 1 to 10, 1 being the easiest and 10 being the most difficult.ResultsThe contact system provided wider viewing angles with higher quality compared to the noncontact system both under fluid and air media. The difference was clinically significant in eyes with impaired corneal clarity, very high myopia, or small pupil. The difficulty of holding the lens in place ranged from 4 to 7, and decreased gradually with practice.ConclusionsBoth WAV systems provided high image quality and adequate viewing angles in most cases. However, the contact system appeared to provide a superior image quality and/or a wider viewing angle in more challenging situations. The difficulty of holding the contact lens in place was found to be moderate.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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