The fluid mechanics of scleral buckling surgery for the repair of retinal detachment

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-36

  Foster, William Joseph ^a,c   Dowla, Nadia ^b   Joshi, Saurabh Y ^b   Nikolaou, Michael ^b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid mechanics; Retinal detachment; Scleral buckle; Vitreoretinal surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LAMINAR FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; RETINA DETACHMENT; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; SIMULATION; SUBRETINAL FLUID; VISCOSITY;

BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BODY FLUIDS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SACCADES; SCLERAL BUCKLING; VISCOSITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 72449154571     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-009-1198-z     Document Type: Article

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