Inverted pneumatic retinopexy: A method of treating retinal detachments associated with inferior retinal breaks

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 589-594

  Chang, Tom S ^b   Pelzek, Christopher D ^a   Nguyen, Randall L ^a   Purohit, Surendar S ^a   Scott, Garrett R ^a   Hay, Dawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVERTED PNEUMATIC RETINOPEXY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA INJURY; RETINOPEXY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037371911     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01896-1     Document Type: Article

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