Iatrogenic eccentric full thickness macular holes following vitrectomy with ILM peeling for idiopathic macular holes

Eye

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1333-1335

  Rubinstein, A ^a   Bates, R ^a   Benjamin, L ^a   Shaikh, A ^a  

^a STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internal limiting membrane; Macular holes; Optical coherence tomography; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 31444451845     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701771     Document Type: Article

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