Problems associated with the 25-gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy system during and after surgery

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 259-265

  Suk, Ho Byeon ^a   Young, Kwang Chu ^c   Sung, Chul Lee ^a   Hyoung, Jun Koh ^a   Sung, Soo Kim ^b   Oh, Woong Kwon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Siloan Eye Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

25 gauge vitrectomy; Choroidal detachment; Conventional vitrectomy; Glaucoma; Hypotony; Lens damage; Microcannula; Retinal detachment; Transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANNULA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT SAFETY; RETINA DETACHMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSCONJUNCTIVAL SUTURELESS VITRECTOMY; VIDEOTAPE; VITRECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPOTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VIDEO RECORDING; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 33745452424     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093081     Document Type: Article

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