Ocular biometry literally means measuring the eye. These measurements include the length of the eye and the curvature of the cornea, as well as several other important measurments.
Biometry is usually performed prior to cataract surgery. In cataract surgery, we remove the crystalline lens inside your eye (the cataract), and replace it with a prosthetic lens. The biometry measurements are used in predictive modelling to determine the strength of the new prosthetic lens.
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This is a typical print-out from the
IOLMaster 500