A new acrylic tissue adhesive for conjunctival surgery: Experimental study

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 306-312

  Alió, Jorge L ^a,c   Gómez, Javier ^a   Mulet, Emilia ^a   Mahiques Bujanda, María M ^b   Martin Martinez, José M ^b   Molina, Yennis ^b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c Inst Oftalmologico de Alicante ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Cyanoacrylates; Tissue adhesives

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; POLYGLACTIN; TISSUE ADHESIVE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA LIMBUS; EXPERIMENT; EYE SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; WOUND CLOSURE;

ACRYLATES; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CONJUNCTIVA; CYANOACRYLATES; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; POLYGLACTIN 910; RABBITS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURES; TISSUE ADHESIVES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0346787879     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074068     Document Type: Article

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