ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENTS OF THE EYE IN THE NEWBORN INFANT
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Ophthalmologica
- Vol. 57 (6), 1048-1056
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1979.tb00536.x
Abstract
The right eyes of 23 newborn [human] infants were examined retinoscopically, and the anterior chamber depth, the lens thickness and the length of the vitreous were measured by ultrasound. In 15 of the infants keratometry was performed using the Javal-Schiofz keratometer. The total axial length of the eye became longer with the heavier weight of the baby. The lens thickness showed no correlation to the total axial length or to the weight of the baby. In only 1/3 of the babies was the corneal astigmatism < 0.5 D [diopters]. A significant correlation (P < 0.01) was found between the total axial length of the eye and the length of the corneal radius.Keywords
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