The presence of an operculum verified by optical coherence tomography and other prognostic factors in macular hole surgery

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 301-304

  Larsson, Jörgen ^a   Holm, Kristina ^a   Lövestam Adrian, Monica ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Macular hole; Operculum; Optical coherence tomography (OCT); Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINA; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 33646821343     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2006.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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