Biomechanical contribution of the sclera to dynamic corneal response in air-puff induced deformation in human donor eyes.

Abstract:

:This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of varying scleral material properties on the biomechanical response of the cornea under air-puff induced deformation. Twenty pairs of human donor eyes were obtained for this study. One eye from each pair had its sclera stiffened using 4% glutaraldehyde, while the fellow eye served as control for uniaxial strip testing. The whole globes were mounted in a rigid holder and intraocular pressure (IOP) was set using a saline column. Dynamic corneal response parameters were measured before and after scleral stiffening using the CorVis ST, a dynamic Scheimpflug analyzer. IOP was set to 10, 20, 30, and 40 mmHg, with at least 3 examinations performed at each pressure step. Uniaxial tensile testing data were fit to a neo-Hookean model to estimate the Young's modulus of treated and untreated sclera. Scleral Young's modulus was found to be significantly correlated with several response parameters, including Highest Concavity Deformation Amplitude, Peak Distance, Highest Concavity Radius, and Stiffness Parameter-Highest Concavity (SP-HC). There were significant increases in SP-HC after scleral stiffening at multiple levels of IOP, while no significant difference was observed in the corneal Stiffness Parameter - Applanation 1 (SP-A1) at any level of IOP. Scleral mechanical properties significantly influenced the corneal deformation response to an air-puff. The stiffer the sclera, the greater the constraining effect on corneal deformation resulting in lower displaced amplitude. This may have important clinical implications and suggests that both corneal and scleral material properties contribute to the observed corneal response in air-puff induced deformation.

journal_name

Exp Eye Res

authors

Nguyen BA,Reilly MA,Roberts CJ

doi

10.1016/j.exer.2019.107904

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-02-01 00:00:00

pages

107904

eissn

0014-4835

issn

1096-0007

pii

S0014-4835(19)30617-7

journal_volume

191

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