"Heavy oil" for intraocular tamponade in retinal detachment surgery

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 649-650

  Bhisitkul, Robert B ^a   Gonzalez, V H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Valley Retina Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL; PERFLUORODECALIN; PERFLUOROHEXYLOCTANE; PERFLUOROOCTANE; SILICONE OIL;

DEVICE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA SURGERY; RETINA TEAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITREORETINOPATHY;

DRUG COMBINATIONS; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; PRESSURE; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SILICONE OILS; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 20344390528     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.057182     Document Type: Editorial

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