Establishing a Surgical Procedure for Rhesus Epiretinal Scaffold Implantation with HiPSC-Derived Retinal Progenitors

Figure 2

The procedures and equipment for implantation surgery. (a) The surgical procedures of the three different scaffold fixation methods included adhesion after gas-liquid exchange, tamponaded by hydrogel, and fixed by retinal tacks. (b) Retinal tacking and forceps for the tack insertion. (c) The preset site for the PLGA scaffold fixation. (d) Schematic diagram of the PLGA scaffold fixation by retinal tacks.

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