Oblique Sclerotomy Technique for Prevention of Incompetent Wound Closure in Transconjunctival 25-Gauge Vitrectomy

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1154-1156

  López Guajardo, Lorenzo ^a   Pareja Esteban, Jesús ^a   Teus Guezala, Miguel Angel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANNULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; VITRECTOMY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND COMPLICATION;

CONJUNCTIVA; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DISEASES; SCLEROSTOMY; VITRECTOMY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33744810622     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.01.037     Document Type: Article

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