Measurement of central corneal thickness and pre-corneal tear film thickness of rabbits using the Scheimpflug system
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    AIM:To measure central corneal thickness (CCT) and pre-corneal tear film thickness using the Galilei dual-Scheimpflug analyzer (GSA) in New Zealand white rabbits.METHODS:Ten normal New Zealand white rabbits (20 eyes) were included in this study. With the assistance of 0.1% fluorescein, the pre-corneal tear film can be well visualized. Both eyes of each rabbit were scanned once with the GSA pre- and post-instillation of 1μL 0.1% fluorescein. The difference between the two measurements of CCT (4-mm diameter) was recorded as the pachymetric values of the central tear film.RESULTS:The CCT of pre- and post-instillation was 388.8±9.5μm and 407.0±10.5μm, respectively. After a paired t-test analysis, the central pre-corneal tear film thickness of 4mm diameter was 18.2±5.31μm with a 95% confidence interval of (15.7, 20.6)μm (P<0.001).CONCLUSION:GSA can be used to measure CCT and analyze central tear film thickness of rabbits with the help of fluorescein.

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Jing Dong, Qiang Wu, Xiao-Gang Wang. Measurement of central corneal thickness and pre-corneal tear film thickness of rabbits using the Scheimpflug system. Int J Ophthalmol, 2013,6(5):584-587

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  • Received:October 13,2012
  • Revised:August 05,2013
  • Adopted:August 07,2013
  • Online: October 21,2013
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