Primary vitrectomy for combined rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and choroidal detachment with or without oral corticosteroids: A pilot study

Retina

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 152-157

  Sharma, Tarun ^a,b   Gopal, Lingam ^a   Reddy, Rajeev K ^a   Kasinathan, N ^a   Shah, Nitant A ^a   Sulochana, K N ^a   Miriam, Karunakaran Coral ^a   Arvind, K ^a   Ramakrishnan, S ^a   Sukumar, B ^a  

^a SANKARA NETHRALAYA   (India)

^b VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Choroidal detachment; Primary vitrectomy; Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID DETACHMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RHEGMATOGENOUS RETINAL DETACHMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CHOROID DISEASES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDNISOLONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 20144376608     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200502000-00006     Document Type: Article

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