Evaluation of Corneal Biomechanical Properties in Patients With Thyroid Eye Disease Using Ocular Response Analyzer
- 1 March 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Glaucoma
- Vol. 25 (3), 269-273
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ijg.0000000000000254
Abstract
To assess variations in the corneal biomechanical properties in thyroid eye disease (TED) patients using ocular response analyzer (ORA). In this observational cross-sectional study, 75 patients with TED and 57 healthy subjects were enrolled. The mean age of the patients and healthy subjects were 47.50±1.55 and 43.6±1.23 years, respectively (P=0.06). All study participants underwent comprehensive ophthalmologic examination, Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT), corneal pachymetry, and corneal biomechanical analysis using ORA. Corneal hysteresis (CH), corneal resistance factor (CRF), cornea-compensated IOP value (IOPcc), and Goldmann-corrected IOP value (IOPg) were measured with ORA. Central corneal thickness (CCT) in patients group (536.18±36.20 μm) and control group (539.22±28.83 μm) were not significantly different (P=0.1). In TED group, the IOPcc (20.23±0.54 mm Hg) was significantly higher than both IOP-GAT (17.54±0.49 mm Hg, P<0.001) and IOPg (18.35±0.52, P<0.001). CH in TED patients (9.01±0.20) was significantly lower compared with CH in healthy subjects (10.45±0.21) (P<0.001). Although CRF was lower in TED patients (10.06±0.16) in comparison with normal subjects (10.42±0.29), this difference was not statistically significant (P=0.25). Both CH and CRF were positively correlated with CCT (r=0.52, P<0.001 and r=0.62, P<0.001, respectively) in TED group. In TED patients, CH seems to be lower than in normal subjects. GAT might underestimate the IOP due to differences in corneal properties of cornea in TED patients.Keywords
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