Efficacy of surgical removal of the internal limiting membrane in diabetic cystoid macular edema

Retina

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 454-461

  Kimura, Tetsushi ^a   Kiryu, Junichi ^a   Nishiwaki, Hirokazu ^a   Oh, Hideyasu ^a   Suzuma, Kiyoshi ^a   Watanabe, Daisuke ^a   Kurimoto, Masafumi ^a   Takagi, Hitoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetic macular edema; Internal limiting membrane; Vitreous surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; THICKNESS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; COLORING AGENTS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 20344382493     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200506000-00010     Document Type: Article

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