Novel sutureless keratoplasty with a chemically defined bioadhesive

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2679-2685

  Takaoka, Maho ^a   Nakamura, Takahiro ^a,b   Sugai, Hajime ^c   Bentley, Adam J ^d   Nakajima, Naoki ^c   Yokoi, Norihiko ^a   Fullwood, Nigel J ^d   Hyon, Suong Hyu ^c   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; TISSUE ADHESIVE; BIOMATERIAL; KERATIN;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOPLASTY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SUTURELESS AUTOMATED LAMELLAR THERAPEUTIC KERATOPLASTY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CONNEXINS; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; KERATINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RABBITS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 66849124219     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2944     Document Type: Article

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