Instrumentation and technique for delivery of tissue explants to the subretinal space

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 170-173

  Thumann, Gabriele ^a   Aisenbrey, Sabin ^b   Schaefer, Frank ^a   Bartz Schmidt, Karl Ulrich ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Pigment epithelial cell transplantation; Sheet transplantation; Subretinal surgery

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; INDOCYANINE GREEN; METHYLCELLULOSE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EXPLANT; MICROSURGERY; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINOTOMY; SAFETY; SCLEROTOMY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; VITRECTOMY;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA; SWINE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 33646512185     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091760     Document Type: Article

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