Modified grid laser photocoagulation versus pars plana vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane removal in diabetic macular edema

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 795-801

  Yanyali, Ates ^a,b   Nohutcu, Ahmet F ^a   Horozoglu, Fatih ^a   Celik, Erkan ^a  

^a HAYDARPASA NUMUNE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 18144408658     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.12.017     Document Type: Article

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