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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Evaluation of Corneal Sensitivity: Tools We Have.

Ezra Eio, Mingyi Yu, Chang Liu, Isabelle Xin Yu Lee, Regina Kay Ting Wong, Jipson Hon Fai Wong, Yu-Chi Liu

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Ezra EioYong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore.
Mingyi YuRegenerative Therapy Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore 169856, Singapore.
Chang LiuRegenerative Therapy Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore 169856, Singapore.
Isabelle Xin Yu LeeRegenerative Therapy Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore 169856, Singapore.
Regina Kay Ting WongRegenerative Therapy Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore 169856, Singapore.
Jipson Hon Fai WongRegenerative Therapy Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore 169856, Singapore.
Yu-Chi LiuRegenerative Therapy Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore 169856, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0001-5408-0382

Funding

Singapore National Medical Research Council This work is supported by the Clinician Scientist Awards (MOH-CSAINV21jun-0001 and CSAINV24jul-0005), and Clinician Scientist individual research grant (CIRG24jul-0010)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Corneal sensitivity is an important indicator of corneal health and innervation. Corneal hypoesthesia may be an early indicator of corneal diseases such as neurotrophic keratopathy. Various instruments have been used to measure corneal sensitivity, the first being the Cochet-Bonnet aesthesiometer. Over the years, new devices employing different stimuli have been developed, such as the gas-based Belmonte aesthesiometer, the Swiss liquid-jet aesthesiometer, and the most recently released corneal Brill aesthesiometer. In this review, the progress and advancement of aesthesiometers since their introduction is described. The mechanism, advantages, and disadvantages of these aesthesiometers are discussed and compared. We also report the relationship between corneal sensitivity and corneal innervation in various conditions, including diabetes mellitus, Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy, dry eye disease, glaucoma, keratoconus, herpes simplex keratitis, post-refractive surgery, and ocular graft-versus-host disease. Through this review, we aim to highlight the importance of the assessment of corneal sensitivity and innervation in the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of anterior and posterior segment ocular disorders.

Indexed as

Belmonte non-contact aesthesiometerBrill aesthesiometerCochet–Bonnet aesthesiometercorneal aesthesiometrycorneal sensitivitySwiss liquid-jet aesthesiometer

Identifiers

PMID40722534
PMCPMC12293962

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