Abstract
Three intraocular lens implants removed during keratoplasty between 1 1/2 and 5 years after implantation revealed attachments of reactive vitreous strands and membranes. These strands and membranes contained bundles of fibers with associated small bipolar cells, pigment, and blood remnants. Some of the fibrous vitreous strands were wound around the haptics of the implants for firm anchoring. The usual reactive cell membranes on the surface of the implants were interrupted in the areas of the attachment of formed vitreous and vitreous membranes.
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Drei intraokuläre Linsen, die zwischen 1 1/2 und 5 Jahre nach der Implantation während Hornhautverpflanzungen entfernt wurden, zeigten fest anheftende reaktive Glaskörperstränge und verdickte Membranen. Diese enthielten Faserbündel mit zugehörigen kleinen bipolaren Zellen, Pigment und Blutresten. Einige dieser fibrösen Glaskörperstränge waren um die Haptik der Linsenprothesen herumgewunden und damit fest verankert. Die regulären Zellmembranen auf der Oberfläche der Linsenprothesen waren im Bereich der Verbindung mit geformtem Glaskörper und Glaskörpermembranen unterbrochen.
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Wolter, J.R. Direct vitreous reaction to intraocular lens implants. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 220, 110–116 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02175942
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02175942