Evaluation of a New Bioadhesive Copolymer (ADAL®) to Seal Corneal Incisions

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 180-189

  Alió, Jorge L ^a,d   Mulet, M Emilia ^a   Cotlear, Daniel ^b,c   Molina, Yenis ^a   Kremer, Israel ^b,c   Martin, José M ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Instituto Oftalmologico de Alicante ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Acrylic copolymer; Bioadhesive; Cornea; Corneal surgery; Ocular tissues; Refractive surgery

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID COPOLYMER; ADHESIVE AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BALANCED SALT SOLUTION; BIOADHESIVE COPOLYMER; BSS; COPOLYMER; CYCLOHEXYLETHYL MALEATE; ENBUCRILATE; N BUTYL CYANOACRYLATE CYCLOHEXYLETHYL MALEATE; NYLON; TISSUE ADHESIVE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA INCISION; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA SURGERY; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYDRATION; INCISION; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND HEALING;

ACRYLATES; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HYPEREMIA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RABBITS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ADHESIVES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 1442349726     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200403000-00012     Document Type: Article

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