Does internal limiting membrane peeling in macular hole surgery improve reading vision?

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-254

  Das, Taraprasad ^a   Parida, Subhabrata ^a   Majji, Ajit B ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

ILM peeling; Macular hole surgery; Reading vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE PEELING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; READING; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRONE POSITION; READING; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONE OILS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0141998843     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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