Partially fluorinated alkanes as wash out solutions after removal of silicone oil used as an ocular endotamponade

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 242, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 218-222

  Klär Dißars, Ulrike ^a   Hoerauf, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; SILICONE OIL;

ADHESION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EMULSION; FEMALE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLUORINATION; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LAVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; VITRECTOMY;

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SILICONE OILS; VITRECTOMY; VITREORETINOPATHY, PROLIFERATIVE;

EID: 1842778933     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-003-0816-4     Document Type: Article

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