Ahmed implant coated with poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine) inhibits foreign body reactions in rabbit eyes
Fig 6
Comparison of overall thickness of the fibrotic wall.
(A) The main image shows 8× magnified image of the fibrotic wall region in the thumbnail image. The fibrotic capsule around the PMPC-coated implant is stained modest blue. (B) The fellow eye of the same rabbit with PMPC-uncoated implant. Scale bars: 3 mm. (C) In the wPMPC group, the average fibrotic wall thickness was significantly thinner than that in the woPMPC group (p = 0.025). Data are shown as the mean ± standard deviation for each group. wPMPC, Ahmed glaucoma valve coated with PMPC; woPMPC, Ahmed glaucoma valve without PMPC-coating.