Migration of intraocular silicone oil into the subconjunctival space and orbit through an Ahmed glaucoma valve

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 929-931

  Nazemi, Paul P ^a   Chong, Lawrence P ^a   Varma, Rohit ^a   Burnstine, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; EVISCERATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER COAGULATION; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; ORBIT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0035209709     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(01)01144-8     Document Type: Article

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