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Andre A M Torricelli1, Matthew R Ford2, Vivek Singh3, Marcony R Santhiago4, William J Dupps5, Steven E Wilson6.
Abstract
Studies suggest that standard corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL) is a safe and effective treatment to stiffen the cornea for keratoconus and other ectatic corneal disorders. The purpose of the present study was to compare the biomechanical effects of transepithelial benzalkonium chloride-EDTA (BAC-EDTA) riboflavin-UVA crosslinking to standard epithelium-off riboflavin-UVA crosslinking in a rabbit model. Corneal stiffness was quantified using optical coherence elastography at two months after treatment. The mean lateral-to-axial displacement ratio for the BAC-EDTA transepithelial CXL group was lower (greater stiffness) [0.062 ± 0.042, mean ± SD] than epithelium-off CXL (mean ± SD: 0.065 ± 0.045) or untreated control eyes (0.069 ± 0.044). Using ANOVA with Tukey correction, a statistically significant difference was found between the BAC-EDTA transepithelial CXL group and standard epithelium-off CXL (p = 0.0019) or the untreated control (p < 0.0001) groups. A graph of the probability density functions for biomechanical stiffness also showed a greater shift in stiffening in the BAC-EDTA transepithelial CXL group than the standard epithelium-off CXL or untreated control group. These results demonstrated that the biomechanical stiffening effect produced by BAC-EDTA transepithelial CXL was greater than that produced by standard epithelium-off CXL in a rabbit model.Entities:
Keywords: biomechanical; collagen crosslinking; cornea; ectasia; riboflavin; transepithelial treatment
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Year: 2014 PMID： 24929203 PMCID： PMC4128899 DOI： 10.1016/j.exer.2014.06.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Exp Eye Res ISSN： 0014-4835 Impact factor: 3.467