Axial length, anterior chamber depth-a study in different age groups and refractive errors.

INTRODUCTION Axial length and anterior chamber depth play an important role in refractive status of the eye in different age groups. MATERIAL AND METHODS The present study has been done on 240 patients (480 eyes) who attended eye OPD of Department of Ophthalmology at NIMS Medical College & Hospital Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. The patients attending eye OPD between July 2011 to December 2012 of different ages groups were without significant history of any ocular disease. The axial length and anterior chamber depth were measured and compared. CONCLUSION Hypermetropic eyes have shallow anterior chamber depth and shorter axial length as compared to myopic and emmtropic eyes.

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