Macular pucker removal with and without internal limiting membrane peeling: Pilot study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-64

  Park, Donald W ^a   Dugel, Pravin U ^a   Garda, Jennifer ^a   Sipperley, Jack O ^a   Thach, Allen ^a   Sneed, Scott R ^a   Blaisdell, Jennifer ^a  

^a RETINAL CONSULTANTS OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE PEELING; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA DETACHMENT SURGERY; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0037229915     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01440-9     Document Type: Article

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