Synthetic corneal inlays: Invited Review

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-66

  Sweeney, Deborah F ^a,b   Vannas, Antti ^a,c   Hughes, Timothy C ^a,d   Evans, Margaret Dm ^a,d   McLean, Keith M ^a,d   Xie, Ruo Zhong ^a,b   Pravin, V K ^e   Prakasam, Ruby Kala ^a,e  

^a VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Additive refractive corneal procedure; Corneal implant; Corneal inlay; Perfluropolyether; Phase 1 clinical trial

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CORNEA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MYOPIA; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CORNEA; HUMANS; MYOPIA; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36749016842     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2007.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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