Vitrectomy for juvenile uveitis: Prognostic factors for the long-term functional outcome

Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 184-190

  Trittibach, P ^a   Koerner, F ^a   Sarra, G M ^a   Garweg, Justus G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Cystoid macular oedema; Pars plana vitrectomy; Prognostic factors; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACCURACY; BIOMICROSCOPY; DISEASE COURSE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA VASCULITIS; REVIEW; SLIT LAMP; TONOMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE; VITREOUS OPACITY;

EID: 33646263351     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701845     Document Type: Review

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