Laser-induced corneal cross-linking upon photorefractive ablation with riboflavin

Igor M Kornilovskiy,1 Elmar M Kasimov,2 Ayten I Sultanova,2 Alexander A Burtsev1 1Department of Eye Diseases, Federal State Budgetary Institution “National Pirogov Medical Surgical Centre”, Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia; 2Department of Eye Diseases, Zarifa Aliyeva National...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:266a5b44ceec4dac812834003df31c5e2021-12-02T07:39:51ZLaser-induced corneal cross-linking upon photorefractive ablation with riboflavin1177-5483https://doaj.org/article/266a5b44ceec4dac812834003df31c5e2016-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/laser-induced-corneal-cross-linking-upon-photorefractive-ablation-with-peer-reviewed-article-OPTHhttps://doaj.org/toc/1177-5483Igor M Kornilovskiy,1 Elmar M Kasimov,2 Ayten I Sultanova,2 Alexander A Burtsev1 1Department of Eye Diseases, Federal State Budgetary Institution “National Pirogov Medical Surgical Centre”, Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia; 2Department of Eye Diseases, Zarifa Aliyeva National Ophthalmology Center, Ministry of Health, Baku, Azerbaijan Aim: To estimate the biomechanical effect of the laser-induced cross-linking resulting from photorefractive ablation of the cornea with riboflavin.Methods: Excimer laser ablation studies were performed ex vivo (32 eyes of 16 rabbits) by phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) and in vivo (24 eyes of 12 rabbits) by transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (TransPRK), with and without riboflavin saturation of the stroma. Then, we performed corneal optical coherence tomography on 36 eyes of 18 patients with varying degrees of myopia at different times after the TransPRK was performed with riboflavin saturation of the stroma.Results: Biomechanical testing of corneal samples saturated with riboflavin revealed cross-linking effect accompanied by the increase in tensile strength and maximum strength. PTK showed increase in tensile strength from 5.1±1.4 to 7.2±1.6 MPa (P=0.001), while TransPRK showed increase in tensile strength from 8.8±0.9 to 12.8±1.3 MPa (P=0.0004). Maximum strength increased from 8.7±2.5 to 12.0±2.8 N (P=0.005) in PTK and from 12.8±1.6 to 18.3±1.2 N (P=0.0004) in TransPRK. Clinical optical coherence tomography studies of the biomicroscopic transparent cornea at different times after TransPRK showed increased density in the surface layers of the stroma and membrane-like structure beneath the epithelium.Conclusion: Photorefractive ablation of the preliminary corneal stroma saturation with riboflavin causes the effect of laser-induced cross-linking, which is attended with an increase in corneal tensile strength, maximum strength, increased density in the surface layers of the stroma, and formation of a membrane-like structure beneath the epithelium after TransPRK. Keywords: corneal cross-linking, photorefractive ablation of cornea, riboflavinKornilovskiy IMKasimov EMSultanova AIBurtsev AADove Medical Pressarticlecorneal cross-linkingphotorefractive ablation of corneariboflavin.OphthalmologyRE1-994ENClinical Ophthalmology, Vol 2016, Iss Issue 1, Pp 587-592 (2016)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic corneal cross-linking
photorefractive ablation of cornea
riboflavin.
Ophthalmology
RE1-994
spellingShingle corneal cross-linking
photorefractive ablation of cornea
riboflavin.
Ophthalmology
RE1-994
Kornilovskiy IM
Kasimov EM
Sultanova AI
Burtsev AA
Laser-induced corneal cross-linking upon photorefractive ablation with riboflavin
description Igor M Kornilovskiy,1 Elmar M Kasimov,2 Ayten I Sultanova,2 Alexander A Burtsev1 1Department of Eye Diseases, Federal State Budgetary Institution “National Pirogov Medical Surgical Centre”, Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia; 2Department of Eye Diseases, Zarifa Aliyeva National Ophthalmology Center, Ministry of Health, Baku, Azerbaijan Aim: To estimate the biomechanical effect of the laser-induced cross-linking resulting from photorefractive ablation of the cornea with riboflavin.Methods: Excimer laser ablation studies were performed ex vivo (32 eyes of 16 rabbits) by phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) and in vivo (24 eyes of 12 rabbits) by transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (TransPRK), with and without riboflavin saturation of the stroma. Then, we performed corneal optical coherence tomography on 36 eyes of 18 patients with varying degrees of myopia at different times after the TransPRK was performed with riboflavin saturation of the stroma.Results: Biomechanical testing of corneal samples saturated with riboflavin revealed cross-linking effect accompanied by the increase in tensile strength and maximum strength. PTK showed increase in tensile strength from 5.1±1.4 to 7.2±1.6 MPa (P=0.001), while TransPRK showed increase in tensile strength from 8.8±0.9 to 12.8±1.3 MPa (P=0.0004). Maximum strength increased from 8.7±2.5 to 12.0±2.8 N (P=0.005) in PTK and from 12.8±1.6 to 18.3±1.2 N (P=0.0004) in TransPRK. Clinical optical coherence tomography studies of the biomicroscopic transparent cornea at different times after TransPRK showed increased density in the surface layers of the stroma and membrane-like structure beneath the epithelium.Conclusion: Photorefractive ablation of the preliminary corneal stroma saturation with riboflavin causes the effect of laser-induced cross-linking, which is attended with an increase in corneal tensile strength, maximum strength, increased density in the surface layers of the stroma, and formation of a membrane-like structure beneath the epithelium after TransPRK. Keywords: corneal cross-linking, photorefractive ablation of cornea, riboflavin
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author Kornilovskiy IM
Kasimov EM
Sultanova AI
Burtsev AA
author_facet Kornilovskiy IM
Kasimov EM
Sultanova AI
Burtsev AA
author_sort Kornilovskiy IM
title Laser-induced corneal cross-linking upon photorefractive ablation with riboflavin
title_short Laser-induced corneal cross-linking upon photorefractive ablation with riboflavin
title_full Laser-induced corneal cross-linking upon photorefractive ablation with riboflavin
title_fullStr Laser-induced corneal cross-linking upon photorefractive ablation with riboflavin
title_full_unstemmed Laser-induced corneal cross-linking upon photorefractive ablation with riboflavin
title_sort laser-induced corneal cross-linking upon photorefractive ablation with riboflavin
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2016
url https://doaj.org/article/266a5b44ceec4dac812834003df31c5e
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