An additional tool in the management of retinal detachment due to posterior breaks in highly myopic eyes

Retina

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 489-494

  Bovey, Etienne H ^a   Gonvers, Michel ^a  

^a HÔPITAL OPHTALMIQUE JULES GONIN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

High myopia; Retinal detachment; Silicone oil; Staphyloma; Transscleral diathermy; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

SILICONE OIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPIA; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DETACHMENT SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA TEAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLERA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; CRYOTHERAPY; DIATHERMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; RECURRENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERA; SILICONE OILS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0033508214     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-199919060-00001     Document Type: Article

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