Impact of temperature on ophthalmic viscosurgical devices and clinical implications: a pilot study.

Purpose: To evaluate how temperature affects the rheology of common ophthalmic viscosurgical devices (OVDs) and clinical implications.

Setting: Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology, Glasgow, with Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Advanced Materials Research Laboratory, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Design: Laboratory pilot study.