Xiaofei Wang1, Clarence Ken Guan Teoh1, Anita S Y Chan2,3, Sathiyan Thangarajoo1, Jost B Jonas4,5, Michaël J A Girard1,2. 1. Ophthalmic Engineering & Innovation Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore. 2. Translational Ophthalmic Pathology, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Ophthalmic Pathology Service, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore. 3. Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, Singapore. 4. Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany. 5. Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Eye Centre, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, and Beijing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Beijing, China.
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to measure the rupture pressure and the biomechanical properties of porcine Bruch's membrane (BM)-choroid complex (BMCC) and the influences of BM on optic nerve head (ONH) tissues. Methods: The biomechanical properties of BMCC were extracted through uniaxial tensile tests of 10 BMCC specimens from 10 porcine eyes; the rupture pressures of BMCC were measured through burst tests of 20 porcine eyes; and the influence of BM on IOP-induced ONH deformations were investigated using finite element (FE) analysis. Results: Uniaxial experimental results showed that the average elastic (tangent) moduli of BMCC samples at 0% and 5% strain were 1.60 ± 0.81 and 2.44 ± 1.02 MPa, respectively. Burst tests showed that, on average, BMCC could sustain an IOP of 82 mm Hg before rupture. FE simulation results predicted that, under elevated IOP, prelamina tissue strains increased with increasing BM stiffness. On the contrary, lamina cribrosa strains showed an opposite trend but the effects were small. Conclusions: BMCC stiffness is comparable or higher than those of other ocular tissues and can sustain a relatively high pressure before rupture. Additionally, BM may have a nonnegligible influence on IOP-induced ONH deformations.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to measure the rupture pressure and the biomechanical properties of porcine Bruch's membrane (BM)-choroid complex (BMCC) and the influences of BM on optic nerve head (ONH) tissues. Methods: The biomechanical properties of BMCC were extracted through uniaxial tensile tests of 10 BMCC specimens from 10 porcine eyes; the rupture pressures of BMCC were measured through burst tests of 20 porcine eyes; and the influence of BM on IOP-induced ONH deformations were investigated using finite element (FE) analysis. Results: Uniaxial experimental results showed that the average elastic (tangent) moduli of BMCC samples at 0% and 5% strain were 1.60 ± 0.81 and 2.44 ± 1.02 MPa, respectively. Burst tests showed that, on average, BMCC could sustain an IOP of 82 mm Hg before rupture. FE simulation results predicted that, under elevated IOP, prelamina tissue strains increased with increasing BM stiffness. On the contrary, lamina cribrosa strains showed an opposite trend but the effects were small. Conclusions: BMCC stiffness is comparable or higher than those of other ocular tissues and can sustain a relatively high pressure before rupture. Additionally, BM may have a nonnegligible influence on IOP-induced ONH deformations.
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