Regeneration of Defective Epithelial Basement Membrane and Restoration of Corneal Transparency After Photorefractive Keratectomy

摘要

PURPOSE: To study regeneration of the normal ultrastructure of the epithelial basement membrane (EBM) in rabbit corneas that had -9.00 D photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and developed late haze (fibrosis) with restoration of transparency over 1 to 4 months after surgery and in corneas that had incisional wounds.