Research Article

Corneal Thickness Response after Anesthetic Eye Drops: Our Own Results and Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Characteristics of the subjects who presented CCT value changes < 10 µm and >10 µm 5 minutes after anesthesia instillation.

CCT changes < 10 µmCCT changes > 10 µm value

14 (46.7%)16 (53.3%)---
Age (years)0.422
MSE (diopters)0.358
Tonometry (mmHg)0.196
CCT basal (µm)0.049
CCT 5 minutes (µm)0.353
value0.3370.149---

Student’s -test; statistically significant; CCT: central corneal thickness; MSE: manifest spherical equivalent.