Extraction of Iron from the Rabbit Anterior Chamber with Reverse Iontophoresis

Abstract EN

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.