Corneal endothelium protection provided by ophthalmic viscosurgical devices during phacoemulsification: experimental study in rabbit eyes

Abstract

To compare the protection of the corneal endothelium provided by a cohesive and a dispersive ophthalmic viscosurgical device (OVD) against damage from torsional ultrasound and simulated lenticular debris during phacoemulsification.

Effect of simulated lenticular debris on corneal endothelial cells: experimental study in rabbit eyes

“…The protective effect to the corneal endothelium provided by different types of ophthalmic viscosurgical devices against damage caused by swirling lenticular debris is the object of a separate experiment using the same rabbit model of corneal staining described here. 31…”