Successful management of intruded hydrogel buckle with buckle removal, scleral patch graft, and vitrectomy

Retina

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 536-538

  Kokame, Gregg T ^a   Germar, Gregory G ^b  

^a Retina Center at Pali Momi   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IMPLANT; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SCLERA; SCLERAL BUCKLING; SCLERAL DISEASES; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0041335380     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200308000-00015     Document Type: Article

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