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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
The authors describe their original epikeratoplasty technic without sutures which is compatible with the use of collagen IV lens. They describe the first four observations of primates operated on using this technic. At first the epithelium is removed at the cornea center and a trepanation is made of 4 mm diameter and 0.1 mm depth. The bottom of the trepanation is then cut horizontally, and the periphery of the lens is put in the cornea stroma. Later the epithelium will recover the collagen lens. The lens is perfectly set in the cornea. We don't use any suture and so we avoid astigmatism and neovascularisation. The follow-up consisted of biomicroscopic examination photography, specular microscopy, pachymetry, photokeratoscopy (Nidek System) tonometry and histology. Clinical observance showed a perfect lens tolerance. The cornea is immediately transparent and within a week epithelial cells recovered the lens of three animals out of four. The photokeratoscopy study proved the important cornea refraction modification. This technic is reversible and the lens can be exchanged. A study of histology has begun and already shows a pluristratified epithelium. Further studies will test the biomaterial stability and ultra structural relations between the collagen IV lens and epithelial cells.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0181-5512
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
109-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
[Epikeratoplasty without sutures using collagen IV lens in monkeys: description of the surgical technic].
pubmed:affiliation
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Grenoble.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract