Assessment of the ciliary muscle and scleral anterior thickness in high myopia by optical coherence tomography

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PURPOSE: To assess ciliary muscle (CM) and anterior scleral thickness (AST) dimensions in vivo in high myopia using swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) and to compare with emmetropic and hyperopic subjects.

METHODS: Cross-sectional study that included 34 high myopic patients (≥ -6 diopters [D]), 90 emmetropes (-1 to +1 D) and 38 hyperopic patients (≥ +3.5 D). CM thickness (CMT) and AST were measured in the temporal and nasal quadrants at 1, 2, and 3 mm from the scleral spur using SS-OCT. In addition, the length of the CM (CML) was evaluated.

RESULTS: The dimensions of the CML and the CMT at any of their measurement points were greater in high myopes and emmetropes than in hyperopes, both in the nasal and temporal quadrants (P < .001). However, there were no differences between high myopes and emmetropes for any of the parameters (P ≥ .076) except for the CMT at 3 mm in the temporal quadrant (P < .001). There were no differences in the AST between high myopes, emmetropes and hyperopes, in any of the measurement points or quadrants studied (P > .05).

CONCLUSIONS: The SS-OCT allows to measure the CM in vivo, not observing differences in its dimensions between high myopes and emmetropes, but they were smaller in hyperopes. In the measurement of the anterior sclera, no differences were observed between the three groups analyzed according to refraction.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:99

Enthalten in:

Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia - 99(2024), 1 vom: 10. Jan., Seite 16-22

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fernández-Vigo, J I [VerfasserIn]
Fernández-Aragón, S [VerfasserIn]
de-Pablo-Gómez-de-Liaño, L [VerfasserIn]
Fernández-Vigo, C [VerfasserIn]
Almorín-Fernández-Vigo, I [VerfasserIn]
García-Feijóo, J [VerfasserIn]
Fernández-Vigo, J A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alta miopía
Anterior sclera
Ciliary body
Ciliary muscle
Cuerpo ciliar
Esclera anterior
High myopia
Journal Article
Músculo ciliar
Optical coherence tomography
Tomografía de coherencia óptica

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Date Completed 12.01.2024

Date Revised 12.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.oftale.2023.11.010

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364995939