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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2011 Sep 7;32(34):8783–8796. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.08.010

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Representative clinical photographs of 3-mm discs placed intrastromally within the cornea of the New Zealand white rabbit. (A) HMPEI-coated PMMA disc is compared to (B) control PMMA disc at 38 days postoperatively. (A) There is only a faint outer disc haze seen with the HMPEI-PMMA disc. (B) A white corneal nontransparent haze with corneal neovascularization is seen over the control PMMA disc. There is less corneal tissue reactivity with HMPEI-coated PMMA discs compared to control PMMA discs. Representative clinical photographs of (C) HMPEI- coated titanium disc placed intrastromally compared to (D) control Ti counterpart at 61 days postoperatively shows minimal tissue reactivity and similar clinical features in both groups.