A pilot study on the use of silicone oil-RMN3 as heavier-than-water endotamponade agent

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 243, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1153-1157

  Rizzo, Stanislao ^a,b   Genovesi Ebert, Federica ^a   Belting, Claudia ^a   Vento, Andrea ^a   Cresti, Federica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Long term internal tamponade; Oxane HD; Proliferative vitreoretinopathy; Retinal detachment

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; SILICONE OIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID DETACHMENT; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISPERSION; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA SURGERY; RETINA TEAR; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VITRECTOMY; VITREORETINOPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALKENES; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SILICONE OILS; VISCOSITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREORETINOPATHY, PROLIFERATIVE;

EID: 31144457211     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-0015-6     Document Type: Article

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