The influence of negative suction during LASIK on content of retinal amino acids in rabbit / 眼科研究

ABSTRACT

Background Whether negative suction during excimer laser in situ keratomileusis(LASIK) affect the structure and function of retina or not is in controversy,but it seems that temporary hypertention induced by negative suction is a key factor of impairment of retina in LASIK.ObjectiveThis study attempts to study the influence of transient high intraocular pressure (IOP) during LASIK on the contents of retinal amino acid.MethodsThe both eyes of 45 New Zealand white rabbits were suctioned for different periods (20s,45s,3min) with negative pressure generator during the LASIK to make the instantaneous high IOP models,and LASIK without negative suction was performed in the both eyes of 15 rabbits in the control group.The changes of the contents of retinal amino acids were evaluated with High Performance Liquid Chromatography(HPLC) at 0,7,10,14 and 28 days postoperatively and compared with those of control group.ResultsThere were no statistically significant differences in the contents of retinal amino acids among different time points after operation in negative suction for 20s group and 45s group,respectively(P＞0.05).At negative suction for 3minuts,the content of glutamic acid in retina was significantly increased in comparison with control group in 7,10,14 and 28 days (P＜0.05),and no statistically significant difference was seen in the contents of glutamic acid at postoperative instant group compared with control group(P＞0.05).A statistically significant difference in the contents of glutamine,tryptophan,phenylalanine was revealed among postoperative 10 days,14 days and 28 days groups comparison with control group (P＜0.05).ConclusionThe acute IOP elevation caused by negative suction during LASIK results in the reversible increase of retinal amino acids.The duration of negative suction time influent the reconstruction of retinal structure.