Miragel explant fragmentation 10 years after scleral buckling surgery [3]

Eye

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 248-250

  Li, K ^a   Lim, K S ^a   Wong, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; MIRAGEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; CORNEA EROSION; DIPLOPIA; EXPLANT; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; LETTER; MALE; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 0037357141     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700260     Document Type: Letter

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