TY  - JOUR
A1  - ,  
T1  - Morphometric differences between normal and dry eyes
JO  - Eur. J. Anat.
SN  - 1136-4890
Y1  - 2005
VL  - 9
SP  - 143
EP  - 148
UR  - http://www.eurjanat.com/web/paper.php?id=05030143
KW  - adult
KW  - anterior eye chamber depth
KW  - article
KW  - biometry
KW  - Bowman membrane
KW  - comparative anatomy
KW  - controlled study
KW  - cornea thickness
KW  - dry eye
KW  - eye axis length
KW  - human
KW  - human experiment
KW  - keratometry
KW  - lens
KW  - major clinical study
KW  - morphometrics
KW  - quantitative analysis
KW  - vitreous body
N2  - The aim of the study was to quantify the anatomic differences in central corneal thickness, anterior ocular chamber depth, lens thickness, vitreous chamber depth, and ocular axial length between normal and dry-eyes. Central corneal thickness (CCT), ocular anterior chamber depth (ACD), lens thickness (LT), vitreous chamber depth (VCD) and ocular axial length (AL) were measured in 70 normal subjects and in 58 subjects with dry-eyes. Central corneal thickness was measured with scanning-slit corneal topography while ocular anterior chamber depth, lens thickness, vitreous chamber depth and ocular axial length were measured with applanation ultrasound biometry. Central corneal thickness was 0.558±0.30 mm and 0.532±0.34 mm in normal and dry-eyes, respectively (p<0.001). Mean ocular anterior chamber depth was 3.17±0.23 mm and 2.93±0.35 mm in normal and dry-eyes, respectively (p=0.002). Lens thickness was 4.49±0.42 mm in the dry-eye patients and 4.71±0.32 mm in the normal subjects (p=0.022). Vitreous chamber depth was 16.75±1.75 mm and 15.54±1.34 mm in normal and dry-eyes, respectively (p=0.001). Ocular axial length was 24.58±1.73 in normal subjects and 23.07±1.48 in dry-eye subjects (p<0.001). We conclude that quantitative ocular anatomy values are lower in dry-eye subjects.
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