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Second cycle degree course in
Medical, veterinary anf pharmaceutical biotechnologies
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Medicine and Surgery

BIOMATERIALS AND BIOPROSTHESIS UNIT B
cod. 1000258

Academic year 2010/11
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Malattie apparato visivo (MED/30)
Field
Discipline medico-chirurgiche e riproduzione umana
Type of training activity
Characterising
8 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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course unit
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Learning objectives

Aim of the course is to provide to the students the main understandings about the characteristics of subsitutes and implantes in ocular surgery

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Dott. Claudio Macaluso (MED/30: 1 CFU: 8 ore)

Programm.
• Intraocular lenses (IOLs): optical, biological and surgical requirements in designing substitutes of the natural crystalline lens.
• Corneal implants and artificial cornea.
• Setons and other implants for the therapy of glaucoma.
• Sub- and pre-retinal prosthesis: optoelectronics to restore visual transduction and reverse blindness.
• Vitreal substitutes.
• “External” prostheses: contact lenses and cosmetic shells.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Teaching material and scientific reviews provided at lesson

Teaching methods

Classrooom lectures (8 hours)

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination

Other information

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