Long-term complications of hydrogel buckles

Retina

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 257-261

  Oshitari, Kazuhiro ^a   Hida, Tetsuo ^b   Okada, Annabelle A ^b   Hirakata, Akito ^b  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hydrogel; Retinal detachment surgery; Scleral buckle; Surgical complication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYST; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; VITREORETINOPATHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SCLERA; SCLERAL BUCKLING;

EID: 0038670329     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200304000-00025     Document Type: Article

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