Partial thickness corneal tissue as a patch graft material for prevention of glaucoma drainage device exposure

BACKGROUND: To protect from erosion of the tube in glaucoma drainage device (GDD), the tube is covered by a biologic tissue which is roofed by the conjunctiva. Sclera, pericardium, dura mater and cornea are available as a patch graft. Drawbacks of some of these materials may include high cost and po...

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Autores principales: Spierer, Oriel, Waisbourd, Michael, Golan, Yitzhak, Newman, Hadas, Rachmiel, Rony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4769544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26920383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-016-0196-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4769544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26920383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-016-0196-2

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