Development of a surgical procedure for implantation of a prototype suprachoroidal retinal prosthesis

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 665-674

  Saunders, Alexia L ^a   Williams, Chris E ^a,b,c   Heriot, Wilson ^b   Briggs, Robert ^b   Yeoh, Jonthan ^b   Nayagam, David Ax ^a,c   Mccombe, Mark ^b   Villalobos, Joel ^a   Burns, Owen ^a   Luu, Chi D ^b   Ayton, Lauren N ^b   Mcphedran, Michelle ^a   Opie, Nicholas L ^b   Mcgowan, Ceara ^a   Shepherd, Robert K ^a,b   Guymer, Robyn ^b   Allen, Penelope J ^b  

^a Bionics Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cadaver; Retinal prosthesis; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ENUCLEATION; EXTERNAL EAR; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCISION; LATERAL RECTUS MUSCLE; MALE; ORBIT; PROTOTYPE SUPRACHOROIDAL RETINAL PROSTHESIS; RETINAL IMPLANT; RISK; SCLERA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ZYGOMA; CHOROID; DONOR; EYE SURGERY; MATERIALS TESTING; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SURGERY; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURING METHOD; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

CADAVER; CHOROID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE DONORS; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 84907897537     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ceo.12287     Document Type: Article

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