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Eye & Contact Lens Dec 2023To investigate the changes in choroidal thickness and axial length after orthokeratology in adolescents with low-to-moderate myopia and to explore the relationship...
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the changes in choroidal thickness and axial length after orthokeratology in adolescents with low-to-moderate myopia and to explore the relationship between choroidal thickness and axial length variation.
METHODS
Thirty eyes with low-to-moderate myopia were retrospectively studied, and optometric data were collected before and after 6 months of continuous orthokeratology. Axial length and choroidal and foveal thicknesses were measured using optical biometry and enhanced depth imaging-spectral domain optical coherence tomography, respectively.
RESULTS
Axial length in the low myopia group increased ( P <0.001) after 6 months of orthokeratology, and the variation was greater than that in the moderate myopia group ( P <0.05). The subfoveal choroidal thickness in low and moderate myopia groups increased ( P <0.01), and the variation was greater in the moderate myopia group ( P <0.05). Choroidal thickness in all seven measured spots increased, with the variation of subfovea, nasal 1 mm to fovea, and temporal 1 mm to fovea being statistically significant ( P <0.001, P <0.05, and P <0.05). The change in axial length was negatively associated with subfoveal and average choroidal thicknesses ( P <0.01).
CONCLUSION
Adolescents with moderate myopia presented better axial length control after 6 months of orthokeratology. The choroidal thickness of low and moderate myopic eyes increased, and the variation was more significant in moderate myopic eyes. The axial length control effects can be associated with an increase in the subfoveal and average choroidal thickness.
Topics: Humans; Adolescent; Retrospective Studies; Axial Length, Eye; Myopia; Refraction, Ocular; Visual Acuity; Choroid; Tomography, Optical Coherence
PubMed: 37728877
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0000000000001025 -
JAMA Ophthalmology Mar 2024
Topics: Humans; Optic Disk; Tomography, Optical Coherence
PubMed: 38300606
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2023.6349 -
[Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi] Chinese... Oct 2023Anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) has the characteristics of non-contact, noninvasive, high sensitivity, and repeatability, and offers... (Review)
Review
Anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) has the characteristics of non-contact, noninvasive, high sensitivity, and repeatability, and offers high-resolution in vivo imaging of the structures of the anterior eye segment. It can be used in the diagnosis and assistance of conditions related to the anterior eye segment. This review provides an update on the research and clinical applications of AS-OCT in corneal refractive surgery, including preoperative keratoconus screening, intraoperative real-time visualization of corneal structures, postoperative corneal evaluation, and management of postoperative complications. We also explore the potential application of AS-OCT in combination with corneal biomechanical detection for corneal refractive surgery.
Topics: Humans; Tomography, Optical Coherence; Cornea; Anterior Eye Segment; Keratoconus; Refractive Surgical Procedures
PubMed: 37805419
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112142-20221129-00608 -
[Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi] Chinese... Aug 2023Non-infectious uveitis (NIU) is a challenging type of intraocular inflammatory disease that tends to recur and can be resistant to treatment. It can cause both transient... (Review)
Review
Non-infectious uveitis (NIU) is a challenging type of intraocular inflammatory disease that tends to recur and can be resistant to treatment. It can cause both transient and permanent pathological changes in the retina and choroid. Accurate diagnosis and monitoring of these changes rely heavily on ophthalmic imaging methods. In recent years, the enhanced depth imaging spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT), swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT), and swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA) have emerged as rapidly evolving ophthalmic imaging techniques that offer significant advantages in evaluating choroidal thickness, displaying the whole choroid, and monitoring choroidal blood flow. This review provides an overview of the current research status of EDI-OCT, SS-OCT, and SS-OCTA in evaluating intraocular inflammation and other choroid-related complications in noninfectious intermediate uveitis, posterior uveitis, and panuveitis, and also highlights their future prospects.
Topics: Humans; Tomography, Optical Coherence; Fluorescein Angiography; Uveitis; Retina; Choroid
PubMed: 37550977
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112142-20220905-00433 -
Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology...To describe the optic nerve head (ONH) abnormalities in nonpathologic highly myopic eyes based on swept-source optical coherence tomography (OCT) and the relationship...
PURPOSE
To describe the optic nerve head (ONH) abnormalities in nonpathologic highly myopic eyes based on swept-source optical coherence tomography (OCT) and the relationship with visual field (VF).
DESIGN
Secondary analysis from a longitudinal cohort study.
METHODS
Highly myopic patients without myopic maculopathy of category 2 or higher were enrolled. All participants underwent a swept-source OCT examination focused on ONH. We differentiated between 3 major types (optic disc morphologic abnormality, papillary/peripapillary tissue defect, and papillary/peripapillary schisis) and 12 subtypes of ONH abnormalities. The prevalence and characteristics of ONH abnormalities and the relationship with VF were analyzed.
RESULTS
A total of 857 participants (1389 eyes) were included. Among the 1389 eyes, 91.86%, 68.61%, and 34.92% of them had at least 1, 2, or 3 ONH abnormalities, respectively, which corresponded to 29.55%, 31.79%, and 35.67% of VF defects, respectively. Among the 12 subtypes of the 3 major types, peripapillary hyperreflective ovoid mass-like structure, visible retrobulbar subarachnoid space, and prelaminar schisis were the most common, respectively. Perimetric defects corresponding to OCT abnormalities were more commonly found in eyes with peripapillary retinal detachment, peripapillary retinoschisis, and peripapillary hyperreflective ovoid mass-like structure. Glaucoma-like VF defects were more common in eyes with deep optic cups (28.17%) and with optic disc pit/pit-like change (18.92%).
CONCLUSIONS
We observed and clarified the ONH structural abnormalities in eyes with nonpathologic high myopia. These descriptions may be helpful to differentiate changes in pathologic high myopia or glaucoma.
Topics: Humans; Optic Disk; Visual Fields; Longitudinal Studies; Myopia; Glaucoma; Eye Abnormalities; Tomography, Optical Coherence; Vision Disorders
PubMed: 37851563
DOI: 10.1097/APO.0000000000000636 -
BMC Ophthalmology Aug 2023To explore differential metabolites in the aqueous humor of patients with different axial lengths and their correlations with axial length and choroidal parameters.
BACKGROUND
To explore differential metabolites in the aqueous humor of patients with different axial lengths and their correlations with axial length and choroidal parameters.
METHODS
In this study, we included 12 patients with axial lengths less than 24 mm, 11 patients with axial lengths between 24 and 26 mm, and 11 patients with axial lengths greater than 26 mm. We collected their aqueous humor samples during cataract surgery for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry metabolomic analysis. Simultaneously, we collected relevant clinical parameters such as axial length, subfoveal choroidal thickness, and choroidal vascular index. Correlations between clinical data, differential metabolites, and clinical indicators were analyzed. In addition, we plotted receiver operating characteristic curves.
RESULTS
The results showed that axial length was significantly negatively correlated with choroidal thickness (r=-0.7446, P < 0.0001), and that several differential metabolites were significantly correlated with certain clinical parameters. After analyzing receiver operating characteristic curves, 5-methoxytryptophol and cerulenin were found to have excellent discriminative power, demonstrating their potential as biomarkers. In the enrichment analysis, we found that the differential metabolites among each group were involved in several special pathways (Taurine and Hypotaurine Metabolism, Vitamin B6 Metabolism, Pantothenate, and coenzyme A Biosynthesis), suggesting that abnormalities in these metabolic pathways may play a role in the process of axial myopia.
CONCLUSIONS
Our study identified alterations in certain metabolic pathways in different axial lengths. At the same time, we found several metabolites with significant correlation with clinical indicators, among which 5-methoxytryptophol and cerulenin were associated with axial myopia.
CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION
Registration date:11/04/2022.
TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER
ChiCTR2200058575.
TRIAL REGISTRY
The First Affiliated Hospital of the Zhejiang University School of Medicine.
Topics: Humans; Aqueous Humor; Cerulenin; Myopia; Metabolomics; Choroid; Axial Length, Eye; Tomography, Optical Coherence
PubMed: 37582698
DOI: 10.1186/s12886-023-03101-1 -
Eye (London, England) Feb 2024To characterize choroidal vascular changes in children with different refractive status.
OBJECTIVES
To characterize choroidal vascular changes in children with different refractive status.
METHODS
A study including 5864 children aged 6-9 years was performed to investigate the choroidal vascular index (CVI) in myopic, emmetropic and hyperopic eyes. Each participant had a comprehensive ocular examination with cycloplegic autorefraction performed, axial length (AL) measured and Swept Source-Optical Coherence Tomography (SS-OCT) scans acquired. Choroidal thickness (ChT) was measured by built-in software, and CVI was calculated using a previously validated self-developed algorithm.
RESULTS
The mean ChT and CVI were 275.88 ± 53.34 μm and 34.91 ± 3.83 in the macula region, and 191.96 ± 46.28 μm and 32.35 ± 4.21 in the peripapillary region. CVI was significantly lowest for myopes, followed by emmetropes and hyperopes (P < 0.001). CVI varied between different sectors separated by the Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) grid (P < 0.001). Macular CVI decreased horizontally from nasal to temporal quadrant with lowest in center fovea, and vertically from superior to inferior quadrants. Peripapillary CVI was highest in the nasal and lowest in the inferior sector. Multiple regression showed that spherical equivalent (SE), AL, intraocular pressure (IOP), ChT, age, and gender were significantly related to CVI (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS
In children, the distribution of CVI in the posterior pole is not uniform. A decreased CVI was observed from hyperopia to myopia and was associated with decreased SE, elongated AL, and choroidal thinning. Further study of changes in CVI during myopia onset and progression is required to better understand the role of the choroidal vasculature in myopia development.
Topics: Child; Humans; Fovea Centralis; Refraction, Ocular; Macula Lutea; Myopia; Hyperopia; Choroid; Tomography, Optical Coherence
PubMed: 37770533
DOI: 10.1038/s41433-023-02743-1 -
PloS One 2024To compared the vessel density (VD) around the optic nerve head (ONH) in eyes with cone-rod dystrophy (CORD) and healthy control eyes in a sector-wise manner and to...
PURPOSE
To compared the vessel density (VD) around the optic nerve head (ONH) in eyes with cone-rod dystrophy (CORD) and healthy control eyes in a sector-wise manner and to investigate the relationship between VD around the ONH and visual function in CORD eyes.
METHODS
Twenty-six eyes in 14 CORD patients and 25 eyes in 25 healthy control subjects were examined. Using OCT angiography images, the VDs in the superficial and deep capillary plexus at the macula (sVDm and dVDm) and those around the ONH in the superior, temporal, inferior and nasal region (VDnh_s, VDnh_t, VDnh_i, and VDnh_n, respectively) were measured for each eye. Patient age, visual acuity (VA) and VDs were then compared between two groups. Moreover, the relationships between VA and the VDs were analyzed using a linear mixed model and AICc model selection.
RESULTS
No significant difference in age was seen between the CORD and control groups (p = 0.87, Wilcoxon rank sum test), but the VA was significantly lower in the CORD group (p<0.0001). Both sVDm and dVDm were significantly lower in the CORD eyes than in the control eyes (both p<0.0001). Among VDnh_s, VDnh_t, VDnh_i, and VDnh_n, however, only VDnh_t differed significantly between the CORD and control groups (p = 0.035). Among age, VDnh_t, dVDm, and sVDm, the optimal model for VA included only VDnh_t and dVDm.
CONCLUSIONS
In addition to the VD in the deep capillary plexus at the macula, the measurement of temporal VD around the ONH might be useful for predicting visual function in eyes with CORD.
Topics: Humans; Fluorescein Angiography; Retinal Vessels; Cone-Rod Dystrophies; Tomography, Optical Coherence; Optic Disk
PubMed: 38285672
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296167 -
Journal of Visualized Experiments : JoVE Jul 2023Many in vitro models used to investigate tissue function and cell biology require a flow of media to provide adequate oxygenation and optimal cell conditions required...
Many in vitro models used to investigate tissue function and cell biology require a flow of media to provide adequate oxygenation and optimal cell conditions required for the maintenance of function and viability. Toward this end, we have developed a multi-channel flow culture system to maintain tissue and cells in culture and continuously assess function and viability by either in-line sensors and/or collection of outflow fractions. The system combines 8-channel, continuous optical sensing of oxygen consumption rate with a built-in fraction collector to simultaneously measure production rates of metabolites and hormone secretion. Although it is able to maintain and assess a wide range of tissue and cell models, including islets, muscle, and hypothalamus, here we describe its operating principles and the experimental preparations/protocols that we have used to investigate bioenergetic regulation of isolated mouse retina, mouse retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)-choroid-sclera, and cultured human RPE cells. Innovations in the design of the system, such as pumpless fluid flow, have produced a greatly simplified operation of a multi-channel flow system. Videos and images are shown that illustrate how to assemble, prepare the instrument for an experiment, and load the different tissue/cell models into the perifusion chambers. In addition, guidelines for selecting conditions for protocol- and tissue-specific experiments are delineated and discussed, including setting the correct flow rate to tissue ratio to obtain consistent and stable culture conditions and accurate determinations of consumption and production rates. The combination of optimal tissue maintenance and real-time assessment of multiple parameters yields highly informative data sets that will have great utility for research in the physiology of the eye and drug discovery for the treatment of impaired vision.
Topics: Mice; Humans; Animals; Retinal Pigment Epithelium; Cells, Cultured; Choroid; Sclera; Biological Transport
PubMed: 37522735
DOI: 10.3791/65399 -
Ophthalmic Research 2024Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) can mimic glaucoma and consequently cause difficulties in differential diagnosis. The purpose of this paper was to summarize... (Review)
Review
INTRODUCTION
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) can mimic glaucoma and consequently cause difficulties in differential diagnosis. The purpose of this paper was to summarize differences in diagnostic tests that can help perform a correct diagnosis.
METHODS
The search strategy was performed according to the PRISMA 2009 guidelines, and four databases were used: MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane. Totally, 772 references were eligible; 39 were included after screening with respect to inclusion criteria that included English language and published in the 20 years before search date.
RESULTS
Ninety percent (n = 35) of included studies used optical coherence tomography (OCT). Glaucomatous eyes had a significantly greater cup area, volume and depth, cup-to-disk ratio, a lower rim volume and area, and a thinner Bruch's membrane opening-minimum rim width. Retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thinning in glaucomatous eyes occurred primarily at the superotemporal, inferotemporal, and inferonasal sectors, while AION eyes demonstrated mostly superonasal thinning. Glaucoma eyes showed greater macular ganglion cell layer thickness, except at the inferotemporal sector. OCT angiography measurements demonstrated a significant decrease in superficial and deep macular vessel density (VD) in glaucoma compared to AION with similar degree of visual field damage; the parapapillary choroidal VD was spared in AION eyes compared to glaucomatous eyes.
CONCLUSION
By use of OCT imaging, optic nerve head parameters seem most informative to distinguish between glaucoma and AION. Although both diseases affect the RNFL thickness, it seems to do so in different sectors. Differences in structure and vascularity of the macula can also help in making the differential diagnosis.
Topics: Humans; Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic; Diagnosis, Differential; Tomography, Optical Coherence; Nerve Fibers; Retinal Ganglion Cells; Optic Disk; Glaucoma; Visual Fields; Intraocular Pressure
PubMed: 38262372
DOI: 10.1159/000535568