Vitrectomy in Experimental Uveitis
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 97 (2) , 336-339
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1979.01020010182022
Abstract
• Lensectomy-vitrectomy in rabbit eyes with acute protein-induced uveitis provokes severe postoperative inflammation. However, the use of short-term corticosteroids for systemic effect preoperatively and postoperatively eliminates the deleterious effects of surgical trauma. Analysis of the surgical response of eyes with chronic protein-induced uveitis suggests that corticosteroids provide a considerable margin of safety for surgery and may compensate for our inability to appreciate mild episodes of clinically recurrent uveitis.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: