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After‐cataract in the rabbit eye following extracapsular cataract extraction—a wound healing reaction
Author(s) -
Blomstedt Göran,
Fagerholm Per,
Gallo Juan,
Philipson Bo
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1987.tb02601.x
Subject(s) - lens (geology) , lens fiber , rabbit (cipher) , wound healing , capsulorhexis , capsulotomy , lens capsule , epithelium , anatomy , ophthalmology , medicine , biology , surgery , pathology , phacoemulsification , intraocular lens , visual acuity , paleontology , statistics , mathematics
The cellular response in lens remnants was studied after ECCE in the rabbit eye. Following capsulotomy, the lens content was gently exprimated. No aspiration/irrigation was performed. Degenerative changes were found in the lens fibers and lens epithelium at the equator. Proliferation of lens epithelium startet early. Lens fibers break‐down almost ceased when lens fibers had been enclosed by proliferating epithelium, that also formed new foci for lens fiber formation. In the opening between the anterior and posterior capsule fibroblastlike cells emerged proliferating on to the posterior capsule.