Pulsed electron avalanche knife in vitreoretinal surgery

Retina

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 889-896

  Priglinger, Siegfried G ^a   Haritoglou, Christos ^a   Mueller, Arthur ^a   Grueterich, Martin ^a   Strauss, Rupert W ^a   Alge, Claudia S ^a   Gandorfer, Arnd ^a   Palanker, Daniel ^b   Kampik, Anselm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microsurgery; Pulsed electron avalanche knife (PEAK); Retina; Vitreoretinal surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROSURGERY; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; ERGONOMICS; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; INCISION; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OCULAR FIBROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED ELECTRON AVALANCHE KNIFE; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA HEMORRHAGE; RETINOTOMY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VITREORETINAL SURGERY; VITREORETINOPATHY; WAVEFORM;

AGED; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ELECTROSURGERY; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITREORETINOPATHY, PROLIFERATIVE;

EID: 26844556855     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200510000-00012     Document Type: Article

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