Complex retinal detachment treated with silicone oil or sulfur hexafluoride gas: A randomized clinical trial

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 926-931

  Hammer, Mark ^a   Margo, Curtis E ^a   Grizzard, W Sanderson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE OIL; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SAFETY; SILICONE OILS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0030723274     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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