25-Gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy system in the surgical management of children with posterior capsular opacification

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 495-498

  Lam, Dennis S C ^a   Fan, Dorothy S P ^a   Mohamed, Shaheeda ^a   Yu, Christopher B O ^a   Zhang, Shao Bin ^a   Chen, Wei Qi ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

25 gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy; Childhood cataract; Posterior capsular opacification; Surgical capsulotomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; LENS CAPSULE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; NEEDLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOPHAKIA; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 33644805646     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.01068.x     Document Type: Article

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