Pneumatic retinopexy: Success rate and complications

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 427-428

  Zaidi, Ali A ^a   Alvarado, R ^a   Irvine, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMATIC TOOL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DETACHMENT SURGERY; RETINA TEAR; RETINOPEXY; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE; RECURRENCE; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645321658     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.075515     Document Type: Article

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