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Joseph Colin, MD
Brest, France

Arch Ophthalmol. 1989;107(3):318.

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To the Editor.

—In the August 1988 issue of the ARCHIVES, Rostron et al¹ reported successful experimental epikeratophakia in rabbits with the use of a biological adhesive, eliminating the need for any suturing.

My colleagues and I² have been able to obtain similar results with synthetic epikeratophakia in monkeys, using type IV collagen lenses of human placental origin. A larger disparity between the diameter of the collagen lenticule (7 mm) and the diameter of the trephination (4 mm) permitted successful epikeratophakia without suture and without adhesive. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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