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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cataract Refract Surg. 2012 Jul;38(7):1266–1270. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2012.01.034

Table 2.

Expert panel responses on whether creating a CCC in isolated lenses and in the whole rabbit eye model resembled creating a CCC in the human eye

Question/Metric Mean Response
The elasticity/tearing of the lens replicates that of an adult human cataractous lens. 4.2
The explanted lens model accurately replicates performance of a CCC in an adult human cataractous lens. 4.0
The size of the anterior segment in this model is similar to that of a human. 3.2
The whole eye model accurately replicates performance of a CCC in an adult human. 3.6
These are useful training models for teaching beginning surgeons the CCC. 4.6
These models more accurately replicate the experience of performing a CCC in humans than other models you are familiar with. 4.4
These models represent useful additions to the current methods of training beginning surgeons. 4.6

1 = strongly disagree; 2 = disagree; 3 = neither agree nor disagree; 4 = agree; 5 = strongly agree; CCC continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis