Extraction of a chronically implanted, microfabricated, subretinal electrode array

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 128-137

  Chen, Jinghua ^a   Shah, Hassan A ^a   Herbert, Charles ^b   Loewenstein, John I ^a   Rizzo III, Joseph F ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Retinal prosthesis; Subretinal electrode array; Vitreoretinal surgery

Indexed keywords

POLYIMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; ENUCLEATION; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; SUBRETINAL ELECTRODE ARRAY REMOVAL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ANIMALS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICROTECHNOLOGY; RABBITS; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 67649884471     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000227278     Document Type: Article

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