The breakdown of polypropylene in the human eye: is it clinically significant?
Altman, A.J.; Gorn, R.A.; Craft, J.; Albert, D.M.
Annals of Ophthalmology 18(5): 182-185
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-4886 PMID: 3717841 Document Number: 270435
Polypropylene intracameral sutures and intraocular lens haptics have been reported to develop cracks after varying lengths of time within the eye. A study of the degradation of a 10-0 polypropylene suture and the absence of noticeable degradation on a 4-0 polypropylene intraocular lens haptic removed five years and three months after implantation is presented. The relationship of the molecular orientation of the polypropylene suture to the clinical significance of its cracks is discussed.