Visual outcomes following vitrectomy and peeling of epiretinal membrane

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 373-378

  Wong, James G ^a   Sachdev, Nitin ^b   Beaumont, Paul E ^b   Chang, Andrew A ^a,b  

^a SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Sydney Developmental Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epiretinal membrane; Functional vision; Prognostic factor; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOTHERAPY; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE PEELING; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 26944493412     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.01025.x     Document Type: Article

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