Pneumatic retinopexy as supplemental therapy for persistent retinal detachment after scleral buckling operation

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 353-355

  Levkovitch Verbin, Hanna ^b   Treister, Giora ^b   Moisseiev, Joseph ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Pneumatic retinopexy; Retinal detachment; Scleral buckling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA TEAR; RETINOPEXY; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; SUBRETINAL FLUID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031843841     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1998.760321.x     Document Type: Article

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