Protection of corneal endothelium during intraocular lens implantation using polymacon, a new surgical technique

A controlled series of intraocular lens implantations on paired cat eyes was performed to determine if a polymacon sheet (Bausch & Lomb plano-T soft contact lens) could protect the corneal endothelium from damage caused by contact with a methyl methacrylate intraocular lens. A new surgical technique has been developed that reduces the endothelial cell loss from 51% (standard implantation technique) to 9% (new polymacon-shield technique).