Table 4.
Ectotherm Model Organisms: Surgical Outcomes
| First Author (Year of Publication) | Number of Eyes Viable after Surgery | Perfusion Recorded | Ocular Movement | Nervous Test | Type of Elicit Response | Responses Recorded | Vision Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keeler (1930)24 | 23 | Yes | No | Yes | Light-pupillary response | 17/17 (100%) | 0/23 (0%) |
| Stone (1930)27 | 74 | Yes | 33 | Yes | Light-pupillary response | 6/6 (100%) | 6/6 (100%) |
| Stone (1937)30 | 52 | Yes | 52 | Yes | Light-pupillary response | 52/52 (100%) | 25/26 (96.2%) |
| Schwind (1937)30 | 95 | No | “The majority” | No | N/A | N/A | 0/95 (0%) |
| Stone (1938)26 | N/R | Yes | “Most” | Yes | Light-pupillary response | “Many” | 80/700 (11.4%) |
| Stone (1940)29 | 48 | Yes | 48 | Yes | Light-pupillary response | 6/6 (100%) | 0% (0/4) |
| Weiss (1942)32 | 40 | No | No | Yes | Baro-response (eyelid-closure) | 38/40 (95%) | NR |
| Stone (1943)28 | 15 | Yes | “Many” | Yes | Light-pupillary response | 13/26 (50%) | 4/26 (15.4%) |
| Sperry (1945)33 | 22 (12 adults, 10 tadpoles) | No | 14 (2 tadpoles, 12 adults) | Yes | Object recognition (optokinetic move) | 2/30 (tadpoles) 8/16 (adults) |
2/30 (tadpoles) 12/16 (adults) |
| Stone (1945)4 | 33 | No | “Most eyes” | Yes | Light-pupillary response | 33/33 (100%) | 8/33 (24.2%) |
| Stone (1946)5 | 12 | Yes | 12 | Yes | Light-pupillary response | 12/56 (17.65%) | 12/56 (17.65%) |
| Sperry (1949)34 | 22 | Yes | “Several” | Yes | Object recognition (optokinetic move) | 7/16 (43.75%) | 7/16 (43.75%) |
| Bytinski-Salz (1956)35 | 19 | No | No | No | N/A | N/A | No |
| Heath (1957)36 | 14 | Yes | No | No | N/A | N/A | N/R |
| Stone (July 1964)25 | 10 | Yes | No | Yes | Light-pupillary response | 7/10 (70%) | 7/10 (70%) |
| Stone (December 1964)25 | 17 | Yes | No | Yes | Light-pupillary response | 9/17 (52.9%) | 9/17 (52.9%) |
| Schneider (1968)37 | 21 | No | 19 | Yes | Light | 21/21 (100%) | 21/21 (100%) |
| Pietsch (1985)38 | 19 | No | No | Yes | Melanophore changes | 19/25 (76%) | N/R |
| Pietsch (1988)39 | 88 | Yes | No | Yes | Melanophore changes | 18/22 (heterograft) 17/22 (autograft) |
N/R |
N/A, not applicable; N/R, not recorded.