Shortening the duration of prone positioning after macular hole surgery - Comparison between 1-week and 1-day prone positioning

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 84-88

  Isomae, Takako ^a,b   Sato, Yukihiro ^a   Shimada, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 Day prone positioning; Initial hole closure rate; Macular hole surgery; Shortening of duration of prone positioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE; MALE; MEMBRANE; METHODOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SUPINE POSITION; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRONE POSITION; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0036190375     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(01)00468-3     Document Type: Article

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