Colored perfluorocarbon liquids as novel intraoperative tools

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 250, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 653-659

  Rizzo, Stanislao ^a   Belting, Claudia ^a   Genovesi Ebert, Federica ^a   Hagedorn, Nadine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Fluoron GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Perfluorocarbon liquids; Semifluorinated alkanes; Solvent dye; Temporary tamponades

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE; FLUOROCARBON; PERFLUORODECALIN; PERFLUOROOCTANE; SILICONE OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DIFFUSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LENS; LENS CAPSULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RETINA; SWINE; VITREORETINAL SURGERY; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAQUINONES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL LINE; COLORING AGENTS; DENSITOMETRY; DRAINAGE; ENDOTAMPONADE; FLUOROCARBONS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MATERIALS TESTING; SWINE; VITREORETINAL SURGERY;

EID: 84862874314     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-011-1874-7     Document Type: Article

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