Long-term anatomic and visual acuity outcomes after initial anatomic success with macular hole surgery

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 633-640

  Scott, Ingrid U ^a   Moraczewski, Alexei L ^a   Smiddy, William E ^a   Flynn Jr , Harry W ^a   Feuer, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0037404167     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)02240-7     Document Type: Article

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