Dystrophic calcification of the fibrous capsule around a hydrogel explant 13 years after scleral buckling surgery: Capsular calcification of a hydrogel explant

Retina

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1104-1107

  Yu, Seung Young ^b   Viola, Francesco ^b   Christoforidis, John B ^b   D'Amico, Donald J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Buckle; Calcification; Capsule; Hydrogel; Miragel

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MIRAGEL; POLYMACON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA; DEVICE REMOVAL; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IMPLANTATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; SLIT LAMP; VERTICAL STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; FIBROSIS; FOREIGN BODY; SCLERA DISEASE;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; POLYHYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SCLERAL BUCKLING; SCLERAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644874222     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200512000-00025     Document Type: Article

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