title: Experimental evaluation of a phakic anterior chamber implant in a primate model. Part I. Clinical observations.
abstract: Anterior chamber intraocular lenses were implanted in phakic cynomolgus monkey eyes and followed clinically over two years. Significant observations included erosion and/or uveal envelopment of the haptic and a decrease in endothelial cell counts. There was good positional stability, no significant inflammation, initial ocular hypotension that returned to normal intraocular pressure, and no evidence of cataracts or cystoid macular edema.
authors.affiliation: Department Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Peiffer
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Porter
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Eifrig
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boyd
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002452:Cell Count; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000378:metabolism; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D007499:Iris Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D007908:Lens, Crystalline; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008297:Male