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Experimental evaluation of a phakic anterior chamber implant in a primate model. Part II. Pathology
D P Porter1, R L Peiffer, D E Eifrig
1Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
|May 11, 1991
Abstract:
Anterior chamber intraocular lenses were implanted in 50 phakic primate eyes and followed by serial histopathology for two years. Significant observations included corneal endothelial alterations, haptic erosion into and encapsulation by peripheral iris and ciliary body, and chronic low grade inflammation.