External argon laser choroidotomy for subretinal fluid drainage

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-40

  Challa, Jagannadh K ^a   Hunyor, Alexander B L ^a,b   Playfair, T Justin ^a   Gregory Roberts, John ^a   Lee, Lawrence R ^a  

^a SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Argon laser choroidotomy; Retinal detachment; Subretinal fluid

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SUBRETINAL FLUID; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROID; DRAINAGE; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031939629     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1606.1998.00078.x     Document Type: Article

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