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Effect of oxybuprocaine eye drops on corneal volume and thickness measurements
Nicola Rosa1, Maddalena De Bernardo, Maria Borrelli
1Eye Department, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy. nicola.rosa@unina2.it
Purpose:
To investigate the effect of oxybuprocaine eye drops on corneal volume (CV) and corneal thickness measurements.
Methods:
Central corneal thickness (CCT), corneal thinnest point (CTP), and CV of 78 eyes of 78 healthy volunteers were measured with Pentacam, before and 5 min after the administration of oxybuprocaine eye drops. The fellow non-anesthetized eyes were used as control.
Results:
Before topical anesthesia, the mean CCT was 546.76 ± 35.3 μm, after anesthesia, it was 547.76 ± 36.56 μm (p = 0.86). In the fellow eyes, the first mean CCT was 548.82 ± 35.2 μm and the second was 547.55 ± 35.9 μm (p = 0.82). The mean CTP before anesthesia was 543.99 ± 35.23 μm, after it was 544.89 ± 36.3 μm (p = 0.88). In the fellow eyes, the first mean CTP was 544.15 ± 35.35 μm and the second was 542.81 ± 36 μm (p = 0.81). Before topical anesthesia, the mean CV was 60.55 ± 3.84 mm, after it was 60.66 ± 3.97 mm (p = 0.86). In the fellow eyes, the first mean CV was 60.93 ± 3.87 mm and the second was 60.73 ± 4 mm (p = 0.75).
Conclusions:
Oxybuprocaine eye drops do not appear to induce a significant corneal swelling and do not affect the measurements when comparing CCT measured with optical or ultrasound devices.
