Histological biocompatibility of a stainless steel miniature glaucoma drainage device in humans: A case report

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 512-516

  De Feo, Fabio ^a   Jacobson, Stewart ^b   Nyska, Abraham ^c,d   Pagani, Paola ^e   Traverso, Carlo Enrico ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Consultant in Toxicologic Pathology ^*  (Israel)

^e Fondazione Banca Degli Occhi Melvin Jones   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Glaucoma filtering surgery; Intraocular pressure (IOP); Stainless steel implant

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FILTERING OPERATION; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CORNEA; FEMALE; FILTERING SURGERY; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 68649125008     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192623309336150     Document Type: Article

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