[Assessment of age-related changes in lens capsule biomechanics using atomic force microscopy].
K S AvetisovN A BakhchievaSergey Eduardovich AvetisovIvan A NovikovA V ShitikovaVladimir I YusupovPublished in: Vestnik oftalmologii (2021)
It is possible to assess lens capsule biomechanics using AFM if the subcapsular epithelium is present. In this case, the objects of study are the areas of the capsule free of epithelium, and the epithelial cells themselves can be used to identify the inner surface of the capsule. Regardless of age, the stiffness of the inner surface of the anterior lens capsule significantly exceeds that of the outer surface.