Polyvinyl alcohol-iodine induced corneal epithelial injury in vivo and its protection by topical rebamipide treatment.

Periocular povidone-iodine (PI) and polyvinyl alcohol-iodine (PAI) have had a major role in the prevention of endophthalmitis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the corneal epithelial toxicity of PAI in a rabbit eye model using corneal resistance (CR) measurement, which is a good indicato...

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Main Authors: Masamichi Fukuda, Shinsuke Shibata, Naoko Shibata, Nobuyuki Fujita, Hisanori Miyashita, Naoki Tanimura, Hidetoshi Ishida, Eri Kubo, Hiroshi Sasaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208198