Evaluation of an integrated orbital tissue expander in congenital anophthalmos: report of preliminary clinical experience.

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of an orbital tissue expander designed to stimulate orbital bone growth in an anophthalmic socket.

Design: Retrospective, noncomparative, interventional case series.

Settings: Institutional.

Efficacy of various drugs in the prevention of posterior capsule opacification: experimental study of rabbit eyes.

Purpose: To assess the efficacy of various drugs in the prevention of posterior capsule opacification (PCO) in a closed capsular bag technique.

Setting: Ophthalmic Biophysics Center, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.

Methods: Lens material was removed using phacoaspiration or phacoemulsification through a microcapsulorhexis according to the hardness of the crystalline lens correlated with the weight and age of the rabbits.