Posterior segment complications after macular hole surgery

Journal of Japanese Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 808-813

  Hotta, Kazuki ^a   Hirakata, Akito ^a   Shinoda, Kei ^a   Miki, Daijiro ^a   Hida, Tetsuo ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complications; Idiopathic macular hole; Retinal break; Visual field loss; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY; RETINA TEAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0030724022     PISSN: 00290203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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