Transvitreal optic neurotomy for nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy

Retina

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 692-697

  Soheilian, Masoud ^a   Koochek, Arash ^a   Yazdani, Shahin ^a   Peyman, Gholam A ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy; Optic nerve head; Scleral outlet; Transvitreal optic neurotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MALE; NERVE SURGERY; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEUROTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERITIS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0142151490     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200310000-00015     Document Type: Article

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