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Polymers in ophthalmic surgery

✍ Scribed by Refojo, Miguel F.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1971
Tongue: English
Weight: 360 KB
Volume: 5
Category: Article
ISSN: 0021-9304
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.820050108

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✦ Synopsis

Several new surgical techniques in which artificial adhesives are used have been developed. Perforated eyeballs were glued, plastic windows were glued to hazy and opaque corneas, and techniques of retinal surgery wth a minimum use of sutures have been developed.

The expanding artificial implant is also described. This is a plastic that imbibes body fluids, swelling to a predetermined volume. Upon swelling, it can fill a cavity or it can produce a deformation in the surrounding tissues. Such a plastic is being investigated as a vitreous substitute. It is also being used to buckle the wall of the eye which carries the blood supply to the retina to reapproximate these layers in order to restore the retina's sensitivity to light. The main feature of this development is that a relatively large implant can be introduced into an organ or tissue through a small incision.

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