Adventitial sheathotomy for treatment of macular edema associated with branch retinal vein occlusion

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 171-174

  Shah, Gaurav K ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARNES RETINA INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CILIARY DISK; LASER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY;

FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; RETINAL VESSELS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034039547     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-200006000-00003     Document Type: Article

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