Retinal microvascular surgery: A feasibility study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1963-1968

  Tsilimbaris, Miltiadis K ^a   Lit, Eugene S ^a   D'Amico, Donald J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; METHYLENE BLUE; POLYIMIDE;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INJECTION; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA SURGERY; RETINA VEIN; SUTURING METHOD; SWINE; VEIN PUNCTURE; ANIMAL; EYE SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; INJECTIONS; MICROSURGERY; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETINAL VESSELS; SWINE;

EID: 3042582446     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0874     Document Type: Article

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