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Corneal Biomechanical Properties in Different Ocular Conditions and New Measurement Techniques
Several refractive and therapeutic treatments as well as several ocular or systemic diseases might induce changes in the mechanical resistance of the cornea. Furthermore, intraocular pressure measurement, one of the most used clinical tools, is also highly dependent on this characteristic. Corneal b...
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2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3960740/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24729900 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/724546 |
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author | Garcia-Porta, Nery Fernandes, Paulo Queiros, Antonio Salgado-Borges, Jose Parafita-Mato, Manuel González-Méijome, Jose Manuel |
author_facet | Garcia-Porta, Nery Fernandes, Paulo Queiros, Antonio Salgado-Borges, Jose Parafita-Mato, Manuel González-Méijome, Jose Manuel |
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description | Several refractive and therapeutic treatments as well as several ocular or systemic diseases might induce changes in the mechanical resistance of the cornea. Furthermore, intraocular pressure measurement, one of the most used clinical tools, is also highly dependent on this characteristic. Corneal biomechanical properties can be measured now in the clinical setting with different instruments. In the present work, we review the potential role of the biomechanical properties of the cornea in different fields of ophthalmology and visual science in light of the definitions of the fundamental properties of matter and the results obtained from the different instruments available. The body of literature published so far provides an insight into how the corneal mechanical properties change in different sight-threatening ocular conditions and after different surgical procedures. The future in this field is very promising with several new technologies being applied to the analysis of the corneal biomechanical properties. |
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spelling | pubmed-39607402014-04-13 Corneal Biomechanical Properties in Different Ocular Conditions and New Measurement Techniques Garcia-Porta, Nery Fernandes, Paulo Queiros, Antonio Salgado-Borges, Jose Parafita-Mato, Manuel González-Méijome, Jose Manuel ISRN Ophthalmol Review Article Several refractive and therapeutic treatments as well as several ocular or systemic diseases might induce changes in the mechanical resistance of the cornea. Furthermore, intraocular pressure measurement, one of the most used clinical tools, is also highly dependent on this characteristic. Corneal biomechanical properties can be measured now in the clinical setting with different instruments. In the present work, we review the potential role of the biomechanical properties of the cornea in different fields of ophthalmology and visual science in light of the definitions of the fundamental properties of matter and the results obtained from the different instruments available. The body of literature published so far provides an insight into how the corneal mechanical properties change in different sight-threatening ocular conditions and after different surgical procedures. The future in this field is very promising with several new technologies being applied to the analysis of the corneal biomechanical properties. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3960740/ /pubmed/24729900 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/724546 Text en Copyright © 2014 Nery Garcia-Porta et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Garcia-Porta, Nery Fernandes, Paulo Queiros, Antonio Salgado-Borges, Jose Parafita-Mato, Manuel González-Méijome, Jose Manuel Corneal Biomechanical Properties in Different Ocular Conditions and New Measurement Techniques |
title | Corneal Biomechanical Properties in Different Ocular Conditions and New Measurement Techniques |
title_full | Corneal Biomechanical Properties in Different Ocular Conditions and New Measurement Techniques |
title_fullStr | Corneal Biomechanical Properties in Different Ocular Conditions and New Measurement Techniques |
title_full_unstemmed | Corneal Biomechanical Properties in Different Ocular Conditions and New Measurement Techniques |
title_short | Corneal Biomechanical Properties in Different Ocular Conditions and New Measurement Techniques |
title_sort | corneal biomechanical properties in different ocular conditions and new measurement techniques |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3960740/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24729900 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/724546 |
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