Scleral buckling biomaterials and implants for retinal detachment surgery

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 945-956

  Baino, Francesco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Eyeball deformation; Retina; Scleral buckle

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; DATA SETS; EYEBALL DEFORMATION; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; OPTIMAL RESULTS; RETINA; SCLERAL BUCKLE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BUCKLING; DEFORMATION; DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SURGERY;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

BIOMATERIAL; COPOLYMER; FIBRIN; GELATIN; HYALURONIC ACID; POLITEF; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SILICONE; SUTURE MATERIAL; URETHAN;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE EXAMINATION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINOPEXY; REVIEW; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TISSUE REACTION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VITRECTOMY; XENOGRAFT;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; EYE; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SCLERAL BUCKLING;

EID: 78049264278     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.07.007     Document Type: Review

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