Initial clinical experience with an erbium:YAG laser for vitreoretinal surgery

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 414-425

  D'Amico, D J ^a   Brazitikos, P D ^a   Marcellino, G R ^a   Finn, S M ^a   Hobart, J L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINOTOMY; VASCULARIZATION; VITREORETINOPATHY;

EID: 0029994653     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(14)70438-6     Document Type: Article

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