Giant retinal tears after pars plana vitrectomy

Eye

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 325-327

  Abu El Asrar, Ahmed M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Pars plana vitrectomy; Retinal detachment; Retinal tears; Vitrectomy complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CILIARY DISK; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETINA TEAR; VITRECTOMY; VITREORETINOPATHY;

EID: 0030844826     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1997.68     Document Type: Article

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