Visual prognosis after retinal pigment epithelium removal during vitrectomy to treat idiopathic macular holes

Folia Ophthalmologica Japonica

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1086-1090

  Nakano, Tohru ^a   Nao i, Nobuhisa ^a   Sawada, Atsushi ^a   Tachi, Naoko ^b   Ogino, Nobuchika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Macular Hole; Retinal Pigment Epithelium Removal; Visual Acuity; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; RETINA MACULA HOLE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0029825501     PISSN: 00155667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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