Macula off retinal detachments: How long can they wait before it is too late

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-117

  Mowatt, Lizette ^a,b,c   Shun Shin, G A ^b   Arora, S ^b   Price, N ^b  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Wolverhampton Midland Counties E   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Functional success; Macula off retinal detachment; Surgical timing; Visual outcome; Wolverhampton

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ACUITY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CRYOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; TIME; VITRECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERAL BUCKLING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 15544375804     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210501500117     Document Type: Article

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