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ArticlePloS one2023

Evaluation of corneal biomechanical properties using the ocular response analyzer and the dynamic Scheimpflug-Analyzer Corvis ST in high pressure and normal pressure open-angle glaucoma patients.

Lisa Ramm, Robert Herber, Georg Lorenz, Carolin S Jasper, Lutz E Pillunat, Karin R Pillunat

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lisa RammDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0183-8046
Robert HerberFaculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Department of Ophthalmology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0829-7577
Georg LorenzDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Carolin S JasperDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Lutz E PillunatDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Karin R PillunatDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4400-6004
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo characterize differences in corneal biomechanics in high (HPG) and normal pressure (NPG) primary open-angle glaucoma, and its association to disease severity.

methodsCorneal biomechanical properties were measured using the Ocular Response Analyzer (ORA) and the dynamic Scheimpflug-Analyzer Corvis ST (CST). Disease severity was functionally assessed by automated perimetry (Humphrey field analyzer) and structurally with the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph. To avoid a possible falsification by intraocular pressure, central corneal thickness and age, which strongly influence ORA and CST measurements, group matching was performed. Linear mixed models and generalized estimating equations were used to consider inter-eye correlation.

resultsFollowing group matching, 60 eyes of 38 HPG and 103 eyes of 60 NPG patients were included. ORA measurement revealed a higher CRF in HPG than in NPG (P < 0.001). Additionally, the CST parameter integrated radius (P < 0.001) was significantly different between HPG and NPG. The parameter SSI (P < 0.001) representing corneal stiffness was higher in HPG than in NPG. Furthermore, regression analysis revealed associations between biomechanical parameters and indicators of disease severity. In HPG, SSI correlated to RNFL thickness. In NPG, dependencies between biomechanical readings and rim area, MD, and PSD were shown.

conclusionSignificant differences in corneal biomechanical properties were detectable between HPG and NPG patients which might indicate different pathophysiological mechanisms underlying in both entities. Moreover, biomechanical parameters correlated to functional and structural indices of diseases severity. A reduced corneal deformation measured by dynamic methods was associated to advanced glaucomatous damage.

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Glaucoma, Open-AngleLow Tension GlaucomaBiomechanical PhenomenaCorneaHumansIntraocular PressureTonometry, Ocular

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