Encapsulation of scleral buckling materials. A study of sixty specimens

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1079-1086

  D'Hermies, François ^a   Korobelnik, Jean François ^b   Caputo, Georges ^a   Mashhour, Babak ^a   Chauvaud, Dominique ^a   Pouliquen, Yves ^a   Renard, Gilles ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; SILICONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENCAPSULATION; EXPLANT; FEMALE; GIANT CELL GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROGEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE;

EID: 0031834969     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)96011-0     Document Type: Article

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