Persistence of indentation with bioabsorbable poly-L/D-lactide versus silicone sponge scleral buckling implants

Retina

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 581-586

  Länsman, Satu M ^a   Karttunen, Ari I ^a   Hirvelä, Heli K ^a   Palosaari, J Tapani ^a   Kellomäki, Minna ^b   Ellä, Ville ^b   Ohtonen, Pasi P ^a   Tormälä, Pertti ^b   Waris, Timo H ^a   Ashammakhi, Nureddin A ^a,b  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioabsorbable; Experimental; Polylactide; Retinal detachment; Scleral buckling

Indexed keywords

POLYLACTIC ACID; SILICONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RABBIT; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; MALE; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; ORBIT; POLYESTERS; RABBITS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SCLERA; SCLERAL BUCKLING; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SURGICAL SPONGES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23044443013     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200507000-00007     Document Type: Article

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