Comparison of silicone oil versus gas tamponade in the treatment of idiopathic full-thickness macular hole

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1170-1174

  Lai, James C ^a   Stinnett, Sandra S ^a   McCuen II, Brooks W ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE OIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAS TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0037983812     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00264-1     Document Type: Article

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