Long-Term Biocompatibility of a Highly Viscously Thiol-Modified Cross-Linked Hyaluronate as a Novel Vitreous Body Substitute

• Main Authors: Jose Hurst (Author), Annekatrin Rickmann (Author), Nele Heider (Author), Christine Hohenadl (Author), Charlotte Reither (Author), Andreas Schatz (Author), Sven Schnichels (Author), Kai Januschowski (Author), Martin S. Spitzer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Purpose: In surgical ophthalmology, the treatment of complicated retinal and vitreous diseases is one of the central challenges. For this purpose, the vitreous body is removed as part of the standard therapy and replaced by a temporary tamponade to stabilize the position of the retina. Since the tam...