Research Article

Subretinal Implantation of Electrospun, Short Nanowire, and Smooth Poly( -caprolactone) Scaffolds to the Subretinal Space of Porcine Eyes

Table 1

Number of implanted, included, and excluded polymer scaffolds, by type.

No. of eyes (total)No. of eyes (histology)No. of eyes (mfERG)No. of eyes
(mfERG and histology)
Exclusions

PCL Electrospun10654*1 bleeding;
2 retinal detachments;
1 membrane not found at follow up

PCL Short Nanowire64431 membrane not found at follow up

PCL Smooth125331 bleeding;
1 membrane dislocated to corpus vitreum; 5 membranes not found at follow up

*One membrane migrated intraretinally and was not scored histologically.