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A Comparative Study of Clinical vs. Digital Exophthalmometry Measurement Methods.

ABSTRACT: Background:A number of orbital diseases may be evaluated based on the degree of exophthalmos, but there is still no gold standard method for the measurement of this parameter. In this study we compare two exophthalmometry measurement methods (digital photography and clinical) with regard to reproducibility and the level of correlation and agreement with measurements obtained with Computerized Tomography (CT) measurements. Methods:Seventeen patients with bilateral proptosis and 15 patients with normal orbits diseases were enrolled. Patients underwent orbital CT, Hertel exophthalmometry (HE) and standardized frontal and side facial photographs by a single trained photographer. Exophthalmometry measurements with HE, the digital photographs and axial CT scans were obtained twice by the same examiner and once by another examiner. Pearson correlation coefficient (PCC) was used to assess correlations between methods. Validity between methods was assessed by mean differences, interintraclass correlation coefficients (ICC's), and Bland-Altman plots. Results:Mean values were significantly higher in the proptosis group (34 orbits) than in the normal group (30 orbits), regardless of the method. Within each group, mean digital exophthalmometry measurements (24.32?±?5.17?mm and 18.62?±?3.87?mm) were significantly greater than HE measurements (20.87?±?2.53?mm and 17.52?±?2.67?mm) with broader range of standard deviation. Inter-/intraclass correlation coefficients were 0.95/0.93 for clinical, 0.92/0.74 for digital, and 0.91/0.95 for CT measurements. Correlation coefficients between HE and CT scan measurements in both groups of subjects (r?=?0.84 and r?=?0.91, p < 0.05) were greater than those between digital and CT scan measurements (r?=?0.61 and r?=?0.75, p < 0.05). On the Bland-Altman plots, HE showed better agreement to CT measurements compared to the digital photograph method in both groups studied. Conclusions:Although photographic digital exophthalmometry showed strong correlation and agreement with CT scan measurements, it still performs worse than and is not as accurate as clinical Hertel exophthalmometry. This trail is registered with NCT01999790.

SUBMITTER: Pereira TS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7125494 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A Comparative Study of Clinical vs. Digital Exophthalmometry Measurement Methods.

Pereira Tháıs de Sous TS Kuniyoshi Cristina Hiromi CH Leite Cristiane de Almeida CA Gebrim Eloisa M M S EMMS Monteiro Mário L R MLR Pieroni Gonçalves Allan C AC

Journal of ophthalmology 20200323

<h4>Background</h4>A number of orbital diseases may be evaluated based on the degree of exophthalmos, but there is still no gold standard method for the measurement of this parameter. In this study we compare two exophthalmometry measurement methods (digital photography and clinical) with regard to reproducibility and the level of correlation and agreement with measurements obtained with Computerized Tomography (CT) measurements.<h4>Methods</h4>Seventeen patients with bilateral proptosis and 15 ...[more]

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