Injectionable viscoelastic ophthalmic gel

An injectionable viscoelastic gel particularly adapted for use in ophthalmic surgical procedures and treatments which gel consisting essentially of from about 2 to about 5 percent by weight of a polymer selected from polyacrylamide and polymethacrylamide, said polymer having a molecular weight of from about 1 to about 6 million;

• from about 0.4 to about 8.6 percent by weight sodium chloride, from about 0.075 to about 0.3 percent by weight postassium chloride, from about 0.04 to about 0.33 percent by weight calcium chloride, from about 0.02 to about 0.04 percent by weight magnesium chloride hexahydrate, from about 0.3 to about 0.4 percent by weight sodium acetate, from about 0.15 to about 0.20 percent by weight of a buffer, remainder water.