Advances in the use of adhesives in ophthalmology

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 305-310

  Chan, Stanley M ^a   Boisjoly, Hélène ^a,b  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corneal diseases; Corneal ulcer; Cyanoacrylates; Fibrin tissue adhesive; Spontaneous rupture; Tissue adhesives

Indexed keywords

2 CYANOACRYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ADHESIVE AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; APROTININ; BIOMATERIAL; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13; CELLULOSE; CYANOACRYLATE; CYANOACRYLATE DERIVATIVE; FIBRIN GLUE; FIBRONECTIN; PLASMINOGEN; SEALANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGY; AMNION; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHEMICAL BOND; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; CORNEA PERFORATION; DEGRADATION; EPITHELIZATION; EYE SURGERY; HEALING; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; OINTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; REVIEW; SLIT LAMP; STRABISMUS SURGERY; SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRABECULECTOMY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VISCOELASTICITY;

CORNEAL DISEASES; CYANOACRYLATES; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 3242694050     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-200408000-00005     Document Type: Review

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