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To evaluate corneal stiffening of porcine corneas induced by corneal crosslinking (CXL) with constant irradiance as a function of total fluence. Ninety corneas from freshly enucleated porcine eyes were divided into five groups of 18 eyes. Groups 1–4 underwent epi-off CXL using a dextran-based riboflavin solution and an irradiance of 18 mW/cm 2 , group 5 served as the control group. Groups 1 to 4 were treated with a total fluence of 20, 15, 10.8, and 5.4 J/cm 2 , respectively. Thereafter, biomechanical measurements were performed on 5 mm wide and 6 mm long strips using an uniaxial material tester. Pachymetry measurements were performed on each cornea. At 10% strain, the stress was 76, 56, 52, and 31% higher in groups 1–4, respectively compared to the control group. The Young’s modulus was 2.85 MPa for group 1, 2.53 MPa for group 2, 2.46 MPa for group 3, 2.12 MPa for group 4, and 1.62 MPa for the control group. The difference between groups 1 to 4 and the control group 5 were statistically significant ( p  = &lt;0.001;  p  = &lt;0.001;  p  = &lt;0.001;  p  = 0.021). In addition, group 1 showed significantly more stiffening than group 4 ( p  = &lt;0.001), no other significant differences were found. Pachymetry measurements revealed no statistically significant differences among the five groups. Additional mechanical stiffening can be achieved by increasing the fluence of the CXL. There was no threshold detected up to 20 J/cm 2 . A higher fluence could compensate the weaker effect of accelerated or epi-on CXL procedures.

Analysis of Biomechanical Response After Corneal Crosslinking with Different Fluence Levels in Porcine Corneas