Intraocular lens implantation in cats

Abstract

An intraocular lens without loops was inserted in a cat eye using a suture through the iris and holes in the superior lens haptic for fixation. Excellent results were obtained in 37 of 54 implanted intraocular lenses. Among the 17 with complications, 5 eyes were lost because of death. One case of probable endophthalmitis and one of wound rupture occurred. The remaining ten problems were related to contact between intraocular lens and cornea. The mean cell loss in 21 eyes with intraocular lenses and no postsurgical corneal touch was 24%. In ten control eyes (wound only, no lens insertion) the mean cell change was +4%. This difference was statistically significant. This technique may be useful in testing the lens-cornea endothelial toxicity of other intraocular lens modifications.