Experimental encircling scleral buckle with silicone and hydrogel: Histopathologic and comparative study of 26 rabbit eyes

Retina

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 148-157

  D'Hermies, François ^a   Korobelnik, Jean François ^b   Meyer, Anne ^a   Chauvaud, Dominique ^a   Pouliquen, Yves ^a   Renard, Gilles ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Encircling elements; Histocompatibility; Histopathology; Hydrogel; Retinal detachment; Scleral buckling; Silicone

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYDROGEL; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DETACHMENT SURGERY; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033499441     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-199902000-00011     Document Type: Article

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