Short-term impact of corticosteroids on hyaluronan and epithelial hyperplasia in the rabbit cornea after photorefractive keratectomy

Cornea
B A WeberP Fagerholm

Abstract

To investigate the impact of corticosteroids on subepithelial hyaluronan deposition and corneal epithelium thickness in the first 10 days after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and to analyze a possible contralateral effect of corticosteroids. Thirty-two New Zealand white rabbits were assigned into two groups and had a transepithelial 5.0-mm diameter, 8.00-diopter myopic PRK performed on one eye. The corticosteroid treatment group (16 animals) received 0.1 mL of methylprednisolone 4% subconjunctivally on the operation table, followed by 0.1% dexamethasone eye drops six times a day during the postoperative period. The sodium chloride (NaCl) treatment group received topical isotonic NaCl eye drops six times a day. In each treatment group, eight animals were killed after 3 and 9 days, respectively. The harvested specimens were stained for hyaluronan and the epithelial thickness was measured. In contrast to the epithelial thickness, the subepithelial hyaluronan did not show a significant increase during the observation period. The corticosteroid treated group showed at both time-points significantly less subepithelial hyaluronan formation as well as a significantly thinner epithelium, when compared with the NaCl-treated group. At ...Continue Reading

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