Multicenter clinical experience using an erbium:YAG laser for vitreoretinal surgery

Ophthalmology

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1575-1585

  D'Amico, D J ^a   Blumenkranz, M S ^a   Lavin, M J ^a   Quiroz Mercado, H ^a   Pallikaris, I G ^a   Marcellino, G R ^a   Brooks, G E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITREORETINOPATHY;

EID: 0029859444     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(96)30460-0     Document Type: Article

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