Macular hole surgery-associated peripheral visual field loss

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 476-483

  Arima, Tomoko ^a   Uemura, Akinori ^a   Otsuka, Sanae ^a   Doi, Norihito ^a   Nakao, Kumiko ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Idiopathic macular hole; Outcome of surgery; Peripheral visual field loss; Retinal nerve fiber layer; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINA SURGERY; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0032215722     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(98)00046-X     Document Type: Article

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