Corneal endothelial damage from previously implanted intraocular lenses.

Intraocular lenses which had been surgically removed from human eyes were compared to new uncoated IOLs with regard to damage caused by dynamic and static contact with fresh rabbit corneal endothelium. Previously implanted IOLs caused consistently less endothelial damage. Possible mechanisms and the implications of these findings for the corneal surgeon doing pseudophakic keratoplasty are discussed.