Title: Steady-state distribution of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the in vivo cornea
Abstract: The oxygen and carbon dioxide tension profiles in the in vivo cornea were calculated for the open eye in nitrogen and for the eye covered by a tight-fitting, oxygen-impermeable contact lens. The calculated profiles are somewhat dependent upon the relation of oxygen consumption rate to oxygen tension. A reasonable assumption for the oxygen consumption rate-oxygen tension relationship leads to the conclusion that for both the eye in nitrogen and the covered eye the endothelium has normal oxygen tension, the stroma has severely reduced oxygen tension, and the epithelium is almost anoxic.
Publication Year: 1968
Publication Date: 1968-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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