Surface modification to improve biointegration of materials in a core-skirt keratoprosthesis

• 主要作者: Riau, Andri Kartasasmita
• 其他作者: Subramanian Venkatraman
• 格式: Theses and Dissertations
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2017
• 主題: DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering; DRNTU::Science::Medicine::Biomedical engineering; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Functional materials
• 在線閱讀: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/71955
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

Corneal disease is a major leading cause of blindness worldwide. The majority of the reversible causes could benefit from corneal transplantation. However, transplantation-grade donor corneas are often difficult to procure. In addition, organ transplantation is frequently plagued by clinical, ethica...