Abstract
Balazs (1950) first had the idea of using hyaluronic acid in ocular surgery. He was struck by the notable morphological similarity of this substance to the vitreous. The first preparation, extracted from the bovine eye, and with a low molecular weight (Etamucin) was, in fact, used as a substitute for the vitreous; but because of the serious reactions that it caused, its use was only tentative.
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Neuschüler, R., Gasparri, V., Girardi, D. (1986). Viscomicrosurgery: The Use of a New Fraction of the Sodium Salt of Hyaluronate. In: Blankenship, G.W., Binder, S., Gonvers, M., Stirpe, M. (eds) Basic and Advanced Vitreous Surgery. FIDIA Research Series, vol 2. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3881-0_18
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