TY  - JOUR
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T1  - Quantitative central corneal anatomy and anaesthetic eye drops effects: Comparison between 0.4% oxybuprocaine and a combination of 0.1% tetracaine and 0.4% oxybuprocaine
JO  - Eur. J. Anat.
SN  - 1136-4890
Y1  - 2005
VL  - 9
SP  - 89
EP  - 93
UR  - http://www.eurjanat.com/web/paper.php?id=05020089
KW  - anesthetic agent
KW  - eye drops
KW  - oxybuprocaine
KW  - tetracaine
KW  - adult
KW  - anatomical variation
KW  - anatomy
KW  - article
KW  - cornea thickness
KW  - correlation coefficient
KW  - drug effect
KW  - drug instillation
KW  - female
KW  - human
KW  - human experiment
KW  - intraocular pressure
KW  - male
KW  - normal human
KW  - normal value
KW  - observer variation
KW  - quantitative analysis
N2  - We aimed to analyse the changes in central corneal thickness values following the instillation of 0.4% oxybuprocaine eye drops and following a combination of 0.1% tetracaine and 0.4% oxybuprocaine eye drops. Orbscan pachymetry (Orbscan II Corneal Topography System; Orbscan, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT, USA) was carried out before and three minutes after the instillation of 0.4% oxybuprocaine eye drops, and before and three minutes after the instillation of a combination of 0.1% tetracaine and 0.4% oxybuprocaine eye drops in 35 healthy subjects (n=35; aged 20-30 years). After the instillation of 0.4% oxybuprocaine eye drops there was a mean increase in central corneal thickness of 25±+11 microns. After the combination of 0.1% tetracaine and 0.4% oxybuprocaine eye drops it rose to 48±20 microns. The combination of 0.1% tetracaine and 0.4% oxybuprocaine anaesthetic eye drops causes higher increases in central corneal thickness values than 0.4% oxybuprocaine eye drops.
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