Inflation test on eye globe for: Experimental evaluation of stiffening effect induced by UVA/riboflavin corneal cross-linking using intact porcine eye globes

Chang, Shao-Hsuan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4136-7928, Li, Yi-Chen, Zhou, Dong, Eliasy, Ashkan, Li, Yi-Chen and Elsheikh, Ahmed (2020) Inflation test on eye globe for: Experimental evaluation of stiffening effect induced by UVA/riboflavin corneal cross-linking using intact porcine eye globes. [Data Collection]

External DOI: 10.5061/dryad.z8w9ghx9f
Original Record Link: https://datadryad.org/stash/share/hCKubFVy3CWT7SneRXfMIfhtslFp4tIka9yBU8pBHm0

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UVA/riboflavin corneal cross-linking (CXL) is a common used approach to treat progressive keratoconus. This study aims to investigate the alteration of corneal stiffness following CXL by mimicking the inflation of the eye under the in vivo loading conditions. Seven paired porcine eye globes were involved in the inflation test to examine the corneal behaviour. Cornea-only model was constructed using the finite element method, without considering the deformation contribution from sclera and limbus. Inverse analysis was conducted to calibrate the non-linear material behaviours in order to reproduce the inflation test. The corneal stress and strain values were then extracted from the finite element models and tangent modulus was calculated under stress level at 0.03 MPa. UVA/riboflavin cross-linked corneas displayed a significant increase in the material stiffness. At the IOP of 27.25 mmHg, the average displacements of corneal apex were 307 ± 65 μm and 437 ± 63 μm (p = 0.02) in CXL and PBS corneas, respectively. Comparisons performed on tangent modulus ratios at a stress of 0.03 MPa, the tangent modulus measured in the corneas treated with the CXL was 2.48 ± 0.69, with a 43±24% increase comparing to its PBS control. The data supported that corneal material properties can be well-described using this inflation methods following CXL. The inflation test is valuable for investigating the mechanical response of the intact human cornea within physiological IOP ranges, providing benchmarks against which the numerical developments can be translated to clinic.

Keywords: Dryad,biomechanics ,
Depositing User: Data Catalogue Admin
Date Deposited: 26 Jan 2023 17:29
Last Modified: 26 Jan 2023 19:36
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.z8w9ghx9f
Original Record Link: https://datadryad.org/stash/share/hCKubFVy3CWT7SneRXfMIfhtslFp4tIka9yBU8pBHm0
URI: https://datacat.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/1996

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