[Electron microscopic observations on the posterior lens capsule after implantation of a silicone intraocular lens in rabbits].
We performed phacoemulsification and aspiration of the crystalline lens and implanted a silicone intraocular lens in the capsular bag in rabbits. The posterior capsules were then observed under transmission electron microscopy 2 or 4 months after the surgery. Lens epithelial cells proliferated between the posterior capsule and the optic portion of the silicone intraocular lens, accompanied with the accumulation of collagenous extracellular matrix.
Saika
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S
Department of Ophthalmology, Wakayama Medical College, Japan.
Ohmi
S
S
Kimura
M
M
Okada
Y
Y
Tanaka
S
S
Ohnishi
Y
Y
Yamanaka
A
A
Ooshima
A
A
D000818:Animals; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011817:Rabbits; D012828:Silicones
D012828:Silicones