Clinical and pathological effects on the rabbit's eye of some plant-derived ophthalmic swabs
Oji, E.O.
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 72(5): 340-343
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-8843 PMID: 2221773 Document Number: 365248
The stems of corn, millet, sugar cane and the banana leaf frond excite some clinical and pathological effects in the rabbit's eye when implanted either into the anterior chamber (AC) or subconjunctivally. These effects have not been sight threatening. The materials can either be left to be cleared by the body's phagocytes when they produce mild inflammatory reaction or removed surgically if the inflammatory response is moderate when fragments have been left intraocularly.