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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2010 Oct 29;118(3):498–502. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.06.042

Table 2.

Difference between contact and immersion techniques (defined as contact minus immersion measurements)

Difference in axial length (mm) −0.27 ±0.3 (−0.96 to 0.33)
Difference in lens thickness (mm) 0.02 ±0.24 (−0.61 to 0.77)
Difference in anterior chamber depth (mm) −0.30 ±0.34 (−1.11 to 0.24)
Difference in Intraocular lens power for emmetropia (D) 1.06 ±1.33 (−2.22 to 4.45)

mm = millimeter, D = diopter