Acute angle closure in the fellow eye as a complication of prone positioning after vitreoretinal surgery

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1057-

  Sutter, Florian K P ^a   Smorgon, Abi ^b   McClellan, Kathleen ^b  

^a SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DORZOLAMIDE; MANNITOL;

A SCAN; ACUTE ANGLE CLOSURE; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONVALESCENCE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; IRIDOTOMY; LENS IMPLANT; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA SURGERY; SCAR FORMATION; TRAUMATIC CATARACT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY; YAG LASER;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; IRIS; LASER SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRONE POSITION; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SILICONE OILS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0346756288     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.121.7.1057-a     Document Type: Article

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