Advanced Surgeries, Medicines and Materials for Corneal Regeneration.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Linköping :
Linkopings Universitet,
2022.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Linköping University Medical Dissertations Series
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Abstract
- List of papers
- Abbreviations
- Introduction and background
- 1. Corneal anatomy and physiology
- 2. Corneal transparency
- 3. Corneal response to injury and regeneration
- 4. Corneal diseases/conditions addressed in this thesis
- 5. Corneal imaging in the clinics
- 6. Corneal surgery
- 7. Alternatives to human donor corneas
- 8. Drug delivery to the anterior segment of the eye
- Aims of the thesis
- Materials and methods
- 1. Fabrication of bioengineered porcine collagen (BPC)
- 2. Biomaterial characterization before corneal implantation
- 3. Corneal laser surgeries
- 4. Postoperative clinical evaluation
- 5. Histopathological evaluation
- 6. Statistical analysis
- Results
- 1. Biomaterial characterization
- 2. Clinical evaluation following laser surgery
- 3. Histopathological evaluation
- Discussion
- Future perspectives
- Svensk sammanfattning
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Papers.