clinical observation and cytological study of a reasonably successful keratoprosthesis removed along with a corneal button about 20 years after its implantation in an aphakic eye revealed an acellular epithelium-like film on its outer surface , firm anchoring of its supporting skirt by stable fibrous connections to the corneal stroma , and a continuous separating membrane composed of a homogeneous proteinaceous film and fibroblast-like cells of macrophage origin on its inner surface .
C0010031
corneal
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corneal stroma