Development of a surgical approach for a wide-view suprachoroidal retinal prosthesis: Evaluation of implantation trauma

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 399-407

  Villalobos, Joel ^a,b,d   Allen, Penelope J ^b,c   McCombe, Mark F ^b,c   Ulaganathan, Meera ^a   Zamir, Ehud ^b,c   Ng, David C ^d   Shepherd, Robert K ^a   Williams, Chris E ^a,b  

^a Bionics Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Retina; Retinal implant; Suprachoroidal .Wide field; Surgical trauma

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM; POLYIMIDE; SILICONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CHOROIDAL CONGESTION; CHOROIDAL INCARCERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMPLANTATION; IMPLANTATION TRAUMA; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA; SCLERA; SCLERAL DISTORTION; SCLEROTOMY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SUPRACHOROIDAL ELECTRODE ARRAY; SUPRACHOROIDAL RETINAL PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; CAT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; EYE INJURY; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROELECTRODE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CATS; CHOROID; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; EYE INJURIES; MICROELECTRODES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETINA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 84861181138     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-011-1794-6     Document Type: Article

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