Long-term vitreous replacement with perfluorohexyloctane and silicone oil: Preliminary reports of a multicentric study

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 147-153

  Rizzo, Stanislao ^a,h   Genovesi Ebert, Federica ^a   Belting, Claudia ^a   Foltran, Flavio ^b   Gandolfo, Enrico ^c   Lesnoni, Guido ^d   Dell'Omo, Ermanno ^e   Zenoni, Stefano ^f   Azzolini, Marco ^g   De Molfetta, Vito ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Conegliano   (Italy)

^c SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^d Casa di Cura Città di Pomezia   (Italy)

^e Ospedale Vietri   (Italy)

^f OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^g SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Long term vitreous replacement; Perfluorohexyloctane (F6H 8); Silicone oil

Indexed keywords

PERFLUOROHEXYLOCTANE; SILICONE OIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; FLUOROCARBON; PERFLUOROHEXYL OCTAN; PERFLUOROHEXYL-OCTAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINOTOMY; VITRECTOMY; VITREORETINOPATHY; VITREOUS BODY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PILOT STUDY; RETINA TEAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; SILICONE OILS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREORETINOPATHY, PROLIFERATIVE; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 20544456365     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085247     Document Type: Article

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