e-PTFE as scleral buckling episcleral implants: An experimental and histopathologic study

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 807-813

  Korobelnik, J F ^a   D'Hermies, F ^b   Ducourneau, D ^c   Legeais, J M ^b   Chauvaud, D ^b   Hoang Xuan, T ^a   Renard, G ^b  

^a FONDATION OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ADOLPHE DE ROTHSCHILD   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Biocompatible materials; e PTFE (expanded polytetrafluoroethylene); Retinal detachment surgery; Scleral buckling

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BUCKLING; CELLS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; POROSITY; SURGERY; TISSUE;

FIBROVASCULAR TISSUE; FOCAL IMPLANTATION; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; RETINAL DETACHMENT SURGERY;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

BIOMATERIAL; POLITEF; POLYESTER; POLYGLACTIN; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY; EYE INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; RABBIT; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EYE; GRANULOMA; HYDROGELS; HYPEREMIA; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POROSITY; RABBITS; SCLERA; SILICONES;

EID: 0032704410     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(1999)48:6<807::AID-JBM7>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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