Journal of Ophthalmology (Jan 2015)

Extraction of Iron from the Rabbit Anterior Chamber with Reverse Iontophoresis

  • Shoubin Sun,
  • Huijie Diao,
  • Fali Zhao,
  • Jianhai Bai,
  • Yuan Zhou,
  • Hao Cui,
  • Liqiong Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/425438
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2015

Abstract

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Ocular siderosis is a common eye disease caused by retention of an iron-containing intraocular foreign body in the eye. Iron-containing intraocular foreign bodies may cause severe inflammatory reaction and affect visual function. Currently the optimal treatment method of ocular siderosis is a moot point. This study used the reverse iontophoresis technique to noninvasively extract iron from the rabbit anterior chamber. By slit lamp observation and histological examination, reverse iontophoresis treatment has a good effect on ocular siderosis. Reverse iontophoresis seems to be a noninvasive and promising approach to extract iron from the anterior chamber to treat ocular siderosis.