Ultrasound biomicroscopy of conventional and sutureless pars plana sclerotomies: A comparative and longitudinal study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 172-177

  Kwok, Alvin K H ^a   Tham, Clement C Y ^b   Loo, Angela V P ^a   Fan, Dorothy S P ^a   Lam, Dennis S C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE RETINOPATHY; SCLEROTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DISEASES; SCLERA; SCLEROSTOMY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0034899895     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(01)00973-4     Document Type: Article

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