Primary retinal detachment: Scleral buckle or pars plana vitrectomy?

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-250

  Schwartz, Stephen G ^a   Flynn, Harry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pars plana vitrectomy; Pneumatic retinopexy; Proliferative vitreoretinopathy; Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment; Scleral buckling; Single operation success rate

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA DETACHMENT; REVIEW; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SCLERAL BUCKLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 33748167812     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icu.0000193097.28798.fc     Document Type: Review

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