Nasal and temporal curvatures of lamina CRIBROSA in myopic eyes

Abstract

Little is known about the myopic characteristics of lamina cribrosa (LC) curvature. As such, we investigated nasal and temporal LC curvatures in myopia. In this retrospective, cross-sectional study, 144 myopic eyes (refraction < − 2 D) and 88 non-myopic eyes (refraction > − 0.5 D) underwent swept-source optical coherence tomography scanning of the LC. The anterior border of LC curvature was delineated with 17 points and interpolated with the “cardinal spline” curve-fitting method. The average curvature indices of the temporal and nasal sides were presented as the temporal and nasal curvatures. Myopic eyes had a mean refraction of − 6.7 ± 2.8 D, while for non-myopic eyes, the value was 0.3 ± 1.0 D. Nasal LC curvature was visible in 54 myopia (37.5%) and 42 non-myopia (47.7%) cases ( P = 0.126), and temporal LC curvature was visible in 142 myopia (98.6%) and 68 non-myopia (77.3%) cases ( P = 0.001). The nasal LC curvature was significantly larger in myopia than in non-myopia ( P < 0.001). Contrastingly, the temporal LC curvature was significantly smaller in myopia than in non-myopia ( P < 0.001). Axial length was associated with larger nasal LC curvature, smaller temporal LC curvature, and larger nasal–temporal LC curvature difference (all P’s < 0.05). In myopic relative to non-myopic eyes, LC curvature was decreased temporally and increased nasally.