The impact of fluid mechanics on wound healing after glaucoma surgery- an engineering-based approach

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/529918

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Excess scarring after glaucoma surgery is the major reason why surgery fails.This study will investigate how biomechanical forces in the eye influence wound healing and provide a new approach to regulating scar formation. This will provide key information for developing surgical techniques that improve outcome and prevent vision loss. The annual cost to Australia from vision loss due to glaucoma will double to $4.3 billion by 2025 unless better treatments are developed (Access Economics).

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $280,400.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Surgery

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Biomedical engineering | Blindness | Glaucoma | Ophthalmology | Surgery | Vision Loss | Wound healing

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