RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Postoperative grey-white lines of the posterior cornea and endothelial cell damage.
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 877
OP 883
DO 10.1136/bjo.71.11.877
VO 71
IS 11
A1 H C Laganowski
A1 M G Kerr Muir
A1 E S Sherrard
YR 1987
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/71/11/877.abstract
AB 'Snailtracks' (grey-white streaks and patches on the posterior corneal surface which occur postoperatively) have recently been implicated as possible markers of corneal endothelial cell damage. We have examined this phenomenon in vivo with the slit-lamp and specular microscope. We recognised three types of linear form and, in contradiction of other observers, found that each was always coincident with a wrinkle in Descemet's membrane. Moreover, we were able to demonstrate only minimal endothelial cell damage in only a few of the tracks.