Eighteen eyes of 9 cats were used for the study. All right eyes received a temporal limbal incision and the left eyes, a clear corneal incision. The animals were equally divided among 3 groups. The eyes were processed for staining with hematoxylin-eosin and smooth muscle actin, and corneal sections were evaluated in a blind fashion by an ophthalmic pathologist. At 28 days, the wounds in all eyes were almost completely healed.
Limbal incisions heal faster than clear corneal incisions.