Clinical stability of a new method for fixation and explanation of epiretinal implants

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Ivastinovic, Domagoj ^a   Langmann, Gerald ^a   Nemetz, Wolfgang ^a   Hornig, Ralf ^b   Richard, Gisbert ^c   Velikay Parel, Michaela ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b IMI Intelligent Medical Implants GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EXPLANT; FIXATION DEVICE; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; RETINA; RETINA DETACHMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETINA; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 78349233910     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01694.x     Document Type: Letter

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